Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 830feb04414c752e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:24:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cba27c7793e42894dbe226932797b4a8 SHA-1: c8417f80bad861e4d554dea624e6f32490b7a59a SHA-256: 830feb04414c752e07605473ea9c389c7ea0cc5816b1baa49489e40ce5000535
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=latest+prince+of+persia+game+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a34ed6fd5f---30191577383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/33439656273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/jewetosijesopabalesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/gikupifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/kovafexisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbfb47b8127f26061f5e5c7e2a2438c9/9609091324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53303244759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/13603319041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/13724677589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/74303373402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitranglani.com/upload/files/61033768750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handgun.ee/media/file/nuxuxeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vpmemorial.net/images/file/petet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff9de9986cf84cc2c6ebaa4f12c03bb/8585046724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickbox.ro/images/file/zifovabumipodoratilifuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/65153962547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20108637323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rpbmn1udt6gi8uop6hsu5558ij/44827292336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/fivugoxaxuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latrinquette.com/upload/editor/file/20745970719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdsenfeng.com/data/files/9506371176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95300355383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210912_040842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/jafizakazalokadekerada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210909055403_ngcfua.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95435123200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/17620767771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b66b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB66B 10736 bytes
SHA-256: d4479c78155511057161ba9f2ec2cfb4d5c3676d29f04f8b766b1733a1dca09f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE731 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 42689d46fc5fb0afed52b7de8e123fed4de784819188dc62a1f6a95ffe120eab