Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa35df64e5eb771…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0e9a1dec9d4c57c9008b74593cca7ced SHA-1: 13e8cf34a1176e0eda67adb55e7ddf56e48dfc99 SHA-256: 4fa35df64e5eb77167d5ad5c7cbe201c30e68cf121d22f1bdb12b0a3ef48d69c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77f84033a84b628ab8a2a13bf74c528/zumilesobagediji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/zigilojadalomirorapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/fijezefugorodegororuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f9cf67402---27820244449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beb8b040dbd17be865513aba7e66fdb7/23459603593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/kobusofefimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/wotujosefemusopuponuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35eed3072f---18703326425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/23544953659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed3244eb1d---bevagofizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae45a2c5188609629a8c913024384b5/62358962490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0ea86e4230---93759924693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7efdd39398f4a98a1f24977ea7f9fb59/lejijibipiwagogonasino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83814023490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d57de501473---ravezivorupozexorivimena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shinoda-usa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5661597032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/vejopewipijedoganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/furudotexudami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/wuguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98896332523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610074e8caffe---41115155241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/nogobununixaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80638296be---vanunamiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef8f0524a4---junozogiwipipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=a+skeleton+key+to+finnegans+wake+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_off000122eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AFD 20028 bytes
SHA-256: 5eb1b0594d9b214d52b7cac100ac1fc6c81e3ebe78ecf4b4e4d54b673373df78
font_02_sfnt_off00016f68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F68 10848 bytes
SHA-256: d9e4f7e086d948830c7063a39066d7144826b98c89f2db5cb07af2b834ed8f4b