Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 843584e809f16b94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f5f670a87289a64f6802e043fa757bbb SHA-1: 0f68deda8cdb58cd3ad05ddfe73ebe3e6c37e202 SHA-256: 843584e809f16b94bb15506215167ec2be13a655b8779f601921dcd374f4ccce
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate malformed active content streams and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. Although no explicit script content was extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fd478aa40---nitesobogosagetefilawusi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d224785528---tabikoxofesusesebusige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815a8e52382---20321104623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///39017275723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/moxivuxuwenuwexelipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/lijorimapurabuzunolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65618506394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/18345474710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/46446138776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/21244922384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/22906767498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a54a6334c0---wapetigilomepuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4147514ace6dc0fec01706f5117cbfb/20294839110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4e095236---wefusifumafajebujixedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/tevepimijilunokewisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo-calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70653724852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050600090918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862d411d455---83278590137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/57323738471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/45269958935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/fexusawejewisipigoleroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/ridemexowajulezekofuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9c50ea023---24296805085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocaminiti.it/userfiles/files/rufaxofaxuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dk1j1bso6m4thhq4ee8jpses7/zununelafaxovalikemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=perioperative+nursing+questions+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_off0000e563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE563 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 75eab3de93f9d68df21e9d197df4422740e5e22c1072dc97abe633dc33f66302
font_01_sfnt_off00011126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11126 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001293d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293D 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 5a192eb3402790201df791671cab46534ed9454d7f3fb67506faa85777f3097a