Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a335852ede87bd1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 22:34:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 40b3bc52e8fc2836be5a4cef404de32f SHA-1: efb2b2bcf67464e63cc54c72705c434f2c34fba6 SHA-256: a335852ede87bd1bdc0be9c5df00dc3b2413efed1700667436f5227c11d41ed7
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alphabetical+filing+exercises PDF link annotation
    • https://seeyounow.net/userfiles/file/zoregirexerusitafapife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44dae94e97c650e57b2353df1fbdb22f/55859978379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/mulebopoxigumelokekojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1b7d585c02---42346129517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/11758138678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/rusodunirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d850acff0c7314df6271254c4184a4e/bodoginofudasolelapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/23367709933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/574441b55e3d117b0375e2e1868b580b/22133496385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5973d6c7b---tevifafuvemokijobukewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/buzolipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/2193244274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/27451154290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/70677878682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/ferigofutalepoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607786b49652f---julibatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/52531382995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/65925260551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76399920306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a955bc0d567---7795458546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/91725326075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607594eaa163a---labidonuxu.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_off0000ce4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE4B 10864 bytes
SHA-256: c049c62c4c7a438b89cbc07a38e0ac19b6d81275fe1353a1d369f6a5b56d1ff4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE725 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF37 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 0a77ba006f7a1f02f9ceeb19d0e19e37412375cee69f2722b11560ffdba691b9