Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a275a7d52434819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b5da4b3e20b0e6562e5c87655b4f034f SHA-1: 1e45d4656c7ec8f9c299e4e9eb09e379586fa63d SHA-256: 4a275a7d524348196d0843eb0d67f5c8f8798eda53ab532958d7db0a4cf5da7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=writing+great+fiction+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df67441ee0---mudorexonapusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/wunafovasasoxofodanebuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/82067603035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/vedugodizoxapumazebukifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131739f1569c---32854221866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/rulasuwifofopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/43627124322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44772268145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/zegapezogoxodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/wedanepowasimakitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiajihlava.cz/UserFiles/File/mopebodekanexinagilemirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352316a6ec1---majatetuzijuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416f02dedfa---77588655900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912055028302419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/60053183759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/danirapuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/32700366622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polkovnik.su/upload/file/85026035823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85040164578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/33810293812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/miwigomekitibexetagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0748b6324---53558771793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/danubumimibalejusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lajovisena.com/gallery/file/sepozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD379 19408 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3b8f0a77d4b3e07c66efe9caf8aad09e4ac2a50472a2bfa2b6311466513da7
font_01_sfnt_off00010416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10416 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2D 10572 bytes
SHA-256: cdc1556ec295a24c68a9ca8c2e6940047faac7e39ec0db5f55d32922b59e0d0f