Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a272a98a1779f34d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:19:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d693a6e7c075da12b3d2b0466fe9ec7d SHA-1: de4284e7694785369d2b6ad99301c2bc3991eb37 SHA-256: a272a98a1779f34de8a0bff7a7468560a6d7d2ee6a0d73dd566fc4b7652e2db1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document likely attempts to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modal+verbs+of+probability+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://pilot-market.ru/new/files/file/99245400642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba6a46545e---65102282509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7cc1be6635---figizutevupipowugipunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709a6093e1c---21976983196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077918db2c88---xurusujegidakarifizopizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522013529993096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/seliwopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/52021004327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64cf1ba2eacc9d7b2db3328d1528389/72902632821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce1789fa34---18939992115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/57288998519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/bodifupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/bulezarazenolutibojakole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18d901a78c1a647ece377f9fb47906b/sijeniwezuzati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c932879952cb148a041916472bdbd3c0/78440813593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/zomivuzozode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/71451164741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/depazapuzijibuxibusetugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940d60d37a4---ramisobuwivotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4efcff28ad---96760202363.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_off0000cf5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5A 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 9d8aad227f35e73424950c7c6694dbf84ae9d03bc2afb0c38ca91f5dd7668d98
font_01_sfnt_off0000f93b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93B 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 3125128f110044c937819d47bb377738a8f94704eda47ba051e1ac38f8ebebb1
font_02_sfnt_off000112b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1