Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a145a710762af4ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:26:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 27e7d3759de1efab1d427879d3f698ea SHA-1: 67f3dc92a243248ae5d1ca176aa7074b4a37b6c5 SHA-256: a145a710762af4ff765413759bedea77af4b66aecdc078e6c7da763d7c21539f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://egca.fr/userfiles/file/41015645460.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/kivirulogubolodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/13505825463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105050913165443081riwk6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/baponekogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76691249243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/laguxazezisevopibodegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f67f2e5e6a---romagudime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c9b86dd063a73d87052a7cc09b93e63/funapenifitufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b64a29bd0---96973627834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b314b2b1c---34187565119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5ce02feab7b8e81ff631233bf75635/dopojikukototesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppg9snadbr4a3p9gfc60ifjtr7/nojefunivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/59557851390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e6e1227e37adab4ad2e0abf7434dca2/83812711746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wetutikeralizobive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed84f7c983860e6c7995487b785a4635/wanalabuwinisekojavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9705928f224218b3a53aeb11b3168564/vipokofewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609b7c72dad8e---ludituxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/famobefigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/11915082390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/fegenabekasijugifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf02f311b7ac522b58c5a847106e063/22549697462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c7ee44a75977415f65f7f414644683/bomifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/ragex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57558480556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+privatePDF 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_off00013349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B5B 18384 bytes
SHA-256: b1ec7d31d39ba1ab8d877b384d1f4ad28d6a2844b801edb758e053ad643fc0df
font_02_sfnt_off00017b9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17B9D 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 985ec491940591eef72f1ea10f70cab6c30e8bc17342f79e2d8cc25f518cdc46