Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1fc9ec4edc99a86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:42:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: afab6f6de79967b8f7d4666c64b27dfc SHA-1: 10338eb32bfe3778e7484134aaf50fcc351ba24c SHA-256: a1fc9ec4edc99a869f360a9713af5676d736681c9a04ff945a452d4a6e565883
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised upload directories on various websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious activity or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://0048.pl/48files/file/bizoroxiwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suachuathietbi.com/upload/files/95597098691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/64031610836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084da77443df---22831919258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d759bc89c---mubetanonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/josekamedazalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2604b3eac63dc651240a59c8a3608354/79004066303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/salemuduvewavovadajokizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c795b049ad0b2afeebce9bd88c793a9/41651726668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/doxazokamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/83117155528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b69766e7b1f860e224fe326bd0e992d8/tewoxipokimisozatudafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/temuxogoxokixoruvedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/44786192335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/vijono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40294552089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610977f7b66e7---pipawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077197386681---zewisug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0792cad58168ffc82d08f50d596f3de7/jovamunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a30d979cfefa9c56a3340331240dbdc1/15061478798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607835af505f9---lelefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/xowererijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/41140498905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+embed+a+pdf+file+into+an+emailPDF 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_off0000f237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF237 10608 bytes
SHA-256: e2249a266d3229626d1626403fcbf038abf3546041b6bf36595ede6e9f7cfbcb
font_01_sfnt_off00010a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A30 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 9308346b900436f9dcbec9fe2e5ac88072abe13f9587f1a29725d23b6b3e93de
font_02_sfnt_off0001366a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1366A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1