Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a372f7ec23a67c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:23:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 52a9576058ae9aa38c34b18274025574 SHA-1: 3e3e62759520c16976dad6607bbaff479f04701e SHA-256: a372f7ec23a67c5c67615a6684a53c5a30a01910f235f014f55ea0cdee686d72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, combined with the ML classifier's high confidence score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://bekescsaba.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/vuxudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7ee6845b7---zosowagakusimipetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22498516221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/88742122782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/jakitavagotono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/leludigutusodelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbb0e4b332---36066877316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608526be6ca36---54397810579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.umadai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufefowiwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161063cfd8efd0---19419419894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/4698119302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c82ef24996---pipotezebitajowaxepebiruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804a2f4df0f---vojanutixowigatawumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/95041084327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d18c29e178---sibaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f460989055fec9cdd9bf23a3bf1fcc3/22973623428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/99249178481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c985caff---waxadevibuteserotovejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/4092909725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16054559074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/54349778815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/81413170948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/77045367186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xesozowutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4hvqcq4eebo52ogfpnn2k1kuv/92020847209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=mitsubishi+mirage+2018+manualPDF 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_off0000c28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC28F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000daa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA6 11172 bytes
SHA-256: b1fb4a31c43dec2b16628d053d5b633a548b4bd746ded6f03211d4a5c92a7906
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A9 20452 bytes
SHA-256: e58b1dfcaeba380577f8f1fdfa0273bc10542d399a03017f4bea801605bf258c