Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3ab8a29a3c7a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:26:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1520beef2403fd6508fadf3b84bcf7fb SHA-1: 42bdd4e517aee4f612a8dadc2059f71950d0d32a SHA-256: 4a3ab8a29a3c7a8e26f49eeb0060be15d03168f6714c2b3ee6e86f2c859b3652
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/jimanok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608655e68cda8---leroxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/faruwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reluwaguposegexetatidukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886270835d5---busuganofokinufibugapagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relatives-united.com/clients/75139/File/31121545345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/winevakawujavifazitokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgll17f6dih10ilfccjv3djkm1/bamurujunexabipevonuruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecpa.fr/uploaded/file/80965577587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingfamilies.org/clients/8/8a/8af36a28baf44bfc7b8a7004fb4eaede/File/toxuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42fb87c9cf28dd3789f82f9231c50469/25501955238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjei26j3ghn72omub0ufsikrn7/26817074561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f48e565bb35198d137575e55cd87a60/dologisozavezutojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotakizajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiniceshine.com/upload/fewetajadamezuzuvili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3jthr74u9uj35ulrc851i4bt2/moritapokujaxejibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/72626118676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao-ssct.org/data/upload/file/90675558234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/76477445138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sspu9d9v2vkq3ckqv9j06dd6h8/buzoseruzijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/bubekajafajobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasewetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=tico+manual+examPDF 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_off0000dcc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D8 10188 bytes
SHA-256: b30104faba7703c02d55890639bef07183aa5e108eac7b8bdad03133f9bd7001
font_02_sfnt_off00010ba2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA2 17084 bytes
SHA-256: e92204ff180107c4ce74f37ef2708eece9840b9b94ae3df6625bfdf9d9c445b5