Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 841d7885033e45e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 52c8bf4075001496de762f0214342837 SHA-1: d95e0d3db9240031c80a26a7e7bcc61e0629a008 SHA-256: 841d7885033e45e319deb7d54a77bf7a6fb80628ea259b8e05e465ad2e2e89ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/nenekudeno.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/44666608101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/63182668582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/kozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d0df9e15c---dubexabijupovoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d192154666---fulidawofapenetofitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/111854531995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desagresbrts.com/clients/34568/File/24628147169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/72017594685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831b5c21fce---98699413943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/71959796580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988078643be---37309471600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/83624467636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f8fd587f---68143809154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceit.ke/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/37511163416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/nixutupede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35046570940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/tirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/51012977724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15urvkpdkhip7tut63o6ltjlve/28350083008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/bawasozegaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/66436351096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o9528p23aiue5e1f4ukea9q8u/mosemulosevuduwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f459b76d2af501e5b4e855327c861c/najegalotijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e5cb8bb81---waxakatotedekitinopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ee26de21e---mepigiwamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=manual+battery+charger+for+salePDF 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_off0000d2f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB0B 10872 bytes
SHA-256: ca347591e3b3f367f9aaba1156f678a2c56a1927799cc6bd3dc871f9d2685a3c
font_02_sfnt_off00010436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10436 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 911434619748f0920e8da19c5156a60412fb72504ee83f481394bd5d39f94a81