Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ea015c833b4516…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB Created: 2021-10-11 18:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c4169cf2a930175af2caea4a9daf83f0 SHA-1: 65f350ab048ccfdab6a502a17ece5a85e7b063f1 SHA-256: a1ea015c833b4516b62170e0139132acc41e3b46797d86e9c4ec4aeb22d44308
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is a primary indicator of malicious activity within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/4380089169.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/ziziwoboliwune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-japan.com/images/blog/file/razizosolopuzapitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/badudewetudigajugaxewet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/nexedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/zavafesilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/xaxasowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd249f01326eb1afc8a960bd089fcb6/wafududi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakidote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siciny.eu/userfiles/file/kigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/27819133103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipmgrouphr.com/uploads/news_file/jizagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/715fd78234745946d1d6bd4147b219b4/jedevebizuzufuxamuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korealabels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomejuxitojorikisajerixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noticiascgnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizadifirojiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/46161236968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/vorikuxebetenilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anoregmt.org.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebobopupinutusobate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/nasidupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortvillairene.it/userfiles/files/fijugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72195925216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gu16sj9sesg88f94q8papujqb4/gulifopudorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/jamanebogalijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/73350154630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/95682277430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91717805808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/KGDyd8lM0uI/uplcv?utm_term=means+of+domicilePDF 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_off00016560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16560 21448 bytes
SHA-256: 7945c48b00c01727afc926540505fe0848701b6e60ec00545f40b6c10fb58990
font_01_sfnt_off00019ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B4F8 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 5ee11119a1c4735dddc2e1ac6ba54784f60855b0d253689b49b3e36ac08e87ce