Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 933aaa954997d034…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:37:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b757ea36ea084cd4caaf4a3963f23248 SHA-1: fce59ccc8cd7361fb14c95a71022e1fb654fb4e2 SHA-256: 933aaa954997d0343bcb225b062420a595a594f103e4ba27ea090397b5c19c64
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The presence of a visual download button lure, combined with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests this PDF is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of this payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arihant+social+science+class+9+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/devupulatevaviliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c997dfbeb1c---xoloforetifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/gupokefagilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094db0a0494d---31716138199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4c7fef11b---37307249765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c9a03a08a3569000d9da64ce9eaa2f/xokajarawebuxuligivilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldtile.net/jangheung/userfiles/file/punobibufodelopokejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/81825800319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/95161243362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/lawoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d37931b59---bibifomujogatepakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/watebivazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46dd8f7bd75cb7ef4f8a0c276dd06e84/rikusalixukawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cebba1982a3---50667318060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787159315b7---xatifevozosesuxewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisovosagowederaziseguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/digeroxude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f6c66bbd6f---83253422494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/70853643928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/44394544240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/17512633423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/moxeruzutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210802204406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/vaxobaboxiwuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/dapimejudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62716365128af343953176bdfb39052a/xotabilonok.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_off0000d849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD849 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05B 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 8d947291afc85feb32819a00a74be2a443ba9fc45763797146277fa383955552
font_02_sfnt_off0001200b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1200B 10952 bytes
SHA-256: d9ba314ac04fe656c98e6cceea1224f8ed50d94ab2dc86e42555b54c8ada4ae0