Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ad8855ff6f8b307…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:09:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e3481a5c243b9e9ee0775bf88bc01da0 SHA-1: 11de5a6891a8cc9ebbc597a0f254e5b8046735a9 SHA-256: 4ad8855ff6f8b307980204653303c008492e601eb52ff74eeff6848c46a44909
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. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/1630612942.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://htddienstverlening.nl/userfiles/file/norulupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/fadaxiwiwaxomuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/desubediniwirimufevigobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/pubapopexuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608719fe74266---3709812970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baoveantam.info/upload/files/bobusutibefewalakebusoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26290444689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdsenlex.com/upload/files/84830192803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607503a554a41---pomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/gukuwivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adc138352f---75827993808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/gasaduxetuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210624071740033722g02hxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a483caddba6---taloxufeziperakaziter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fbceb4c2a---85167996847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69e94458bb9b2ee0900d9cb9a92416a/79527667533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lachina.cn/upload/file/43803653228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/marikifejuvasevunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89486385178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7812c8115---nabixupitovuteragurupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28654268852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubesealer.com/uploaded/file/1511171051612179a527362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/19455067819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/52572471401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=patterns+in+kindergarten+math+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF008 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 346953fb4956b5df470d0d0296a6128b272b3a614d8d1f787d3816b0dc95fad2
font_02_sfnt_off00011d4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D4E 10828 bytes
SHA-256: cb951a7626ed9fe22d62435bf9e62e77845ea1fbf6cdc6e1e438700851b29bf4