Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a058c2c9435aa200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:34:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 70c7349c98b26875504c28896a999cf1 SHA-1: 1728f040d8d34c0f6a1dcec25c3d7ef4bafd4d82 SHA-256: a058c2c9435aa2000ffd44772e7f98d78033d1945b7c5eab0eb0a0830eb3619a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kinesthetic+learners+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/gokegido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-buhgalter.ru/userfiles/file/jopupizomikanolelemerikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6iu3mfbe9v8bub6bf5n6a8ib37/fopekuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/11644361200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/80828148839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/61345480959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7316101103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/50612559375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jufazoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logenamerica.com/userfiles/file/54820015942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/zumamemajeretanopogemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25932800093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr82fkseb90n9leruvj9ljtbf0/63844321743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifulobarupuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trieurodata.ro/images/file/wexideletuxilirovajup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6f3lhr72sls1cfg53cg5f89lg/15800575624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/fasumofinesibapobopojafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78142942626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptoptranganh.com/data/dulieu/files/36241790008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99120399871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/kuboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/16567103611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6af797ba6---farijezixogi.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_off0000e75d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE75D 19272 bytes
SHA-256: aff5211535742deb2e1994eee7dd134bd88350faa6aca3fbfaca9b7ec9d36958
font_01_sfnt_off00011893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11893 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 95105bc5c9ea50cf78519db9f8a2005d84bb5ca0c4389c0433263880e2834a63
font_02_sfnt_off00013067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13067 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1