Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a319a81f4df776ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:00:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 72dc2db702b7f8bcda173b4972fca680 SHA-1: 2f1862f5c7d179ee058ccb5061afe06875370012 SHA-256: a319a81f4df776ff096092463760298b14ca04a039b55513e36af8d9cf25aa4a
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 WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or redirection to malicious content, aligning with a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088df766965e---nobubadomelematireviji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/31349918958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32da07c3999c0eb555432d35eccf2c3/firaregusumoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738d80ad8bc---duxilufafadozotosezunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/44329455388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ba49209c7---80020117290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802d127fc1e---xugitekigodojajofujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/modaneniwojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/62565608530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14725310041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/vibetusinipemikini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/1369051978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/kazekakudobisixovaguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/boxopunopefakanuroki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/846dcc60baf732897d731c8f2dcfea78/11220077136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/13968020506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/50220354786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9hj71kjm05s3e1ku82d9438e4/38115834954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b0425919f---95519629842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1546c21d2107cf492e954bd51737bc/3221696162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28599bf0ff7412fa4b3760e29ed7deb/4811284820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/me1pkcaij3sgncq6afq6qea6d8/kunemorizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukadumagibemuvezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce4682dcb4941fa0d11dc0857a9c67e/wabarerifiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=krak%C3%B3w+mapa+centrum+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E7 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 52de63b545ce6095ff719cfed4bb1fd56f49d99df6296a43928be575cd04dbcd
font_01_sfnt_off0000eabb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABB 18940 bytes
SHA-256: 6229183b07dc3d1f0edbf1540560ec81960ac1937cc25ec72b741a609ea4bcd2
font_02_sfnt_off00011a39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1