Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 643da255641ddacf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-04 12:56:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 8330d8972094553af1f026c6460e327f SHA-1: 9b53bf8ccd37a2d4dc3da359db6826b5e8b455e5 SHA-256: 643da255641ddacff8cb68164512d79c0660362a219e45a2ad4310361145637b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to phishing sites or further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/164133551460cff5bd4f151.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/70037727204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c89fb33f801c293dac2789af6933872/jejenitijajuzigoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jj01cqt7mo3q8g0or1h5m37q84/zuzokuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/kisonasejafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///sipejutixunavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f8c55bac---lerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8261a6b009---lewanakikova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210605093038869796ijadpt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/vofekejokevuvufipatotefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075988a34aa4---53939660830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3268e85927---muveregadokizovofunerod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgrenginiai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58348074238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608761a5aafef---48931588410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/gaxakudigenunazubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/70823260744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/16541898800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae0d1c40c1f9d0744a7f004e5685ccd4/fabapuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/zulowozatogaxifejaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bbc880446b5fee58e27e98448136b40/84280139686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/35169647178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what%27s+the+best+picture+mode+for+samsung+tvPDF 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_off0000fb2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11346 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 16389faaaa756896a7eec9d41493047308cee1cf88f1ad2e7ab14540c3e8b8a2
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7A 16656 bytes
SHA-256: d27c45c983b90a922575b651c235ecec301f661e79e0a6d960486224eb2ec3ee