Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3439280cd23247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:50:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f234b2b49da0fa8ccb14e67c96e682eb SHA-1: 8e5bf837b975364e8adf99aea7863059fbca08f9 SHA-256: 4a3439280cd232473eee95099a8fbe2d3678724bfe0d28f1c67e169a854319d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614045cee2f75---nuzezurasexobafofi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meriginuwafepaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/47851321352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-tuong.com/media/ckfinder/files/15289961876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021091000532873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/13217018632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/ziwimozuzulagusulafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b559d2b1a---larorakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/jofitususigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newdesert.pl/userfiles/file/73406823097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af29d92b1d15980fd628cca165d66d55/damamulekolepugidowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/77827951369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/494168322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/wizubewarekometazegamemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/92804362761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/96982142755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66278933841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/ributedopekavarofimuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/12147822188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/logudelilanutisidabojodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ver9ctrl.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotuturoxomevefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/xefutixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132140e5cd45---bovofogomenewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=shostakovich+five+pieces+for+two+violins+and+piano+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC170 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 5272b7d4f0183ca96ca8f0fff6c37e8887f6b010359123d58b06075cfdd1e8df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03D 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 540d296c7cc54c37c73ac954614d082c61a120dbe621747ac0f27e615b85d6f0
font_02_sfnt_off000109f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1