Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4010d4052bf52f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:26:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d4e6d5ce440528f66e44c6b5cde116e7 SHA-1: a607724de4b872d232cc86a53abbb4a34c714870 SHA-256: a4010d4052bf52f6ea9b5b167cd96df75e059d8585117bf481cddb838345b1d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://atek-ent.com/upload/file/51242114968.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ed547745bf74172b4e91d4961827f2/75863495615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elmundodelapiscina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokegudenunudufutujexamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/28494262834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58323183124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/govimezonemenagunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/difirinazuxosowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basuligidoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaldreamindia.com/webcms/file/pesujenefuwozutavage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/1853102296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rooptex.com/uploads/4122974596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kientrucqhouse.com/uploads/image/files/54858769952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/59700510547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631836888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091116013111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8369831db9569d87aa868b2be2b94ef5/27650315113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/54224474303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370f14796f2---taxevojurezixisozukakejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/kuzaferosija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/pixixolifomozumasaziko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/0853ec.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceylanotel.com/firma/files/53419142081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fatelevetires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f85741ce47---87018584722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210901160614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/10473482506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139abb877903---vorurixurese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=emulator+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000d96b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD96B 10780 bytes
SHA-256: befb1882851014cd527e04a83598291a996d860fee306d64c02e131e4d6f6a10
font_01_sfnt_off0000f201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF201 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A13 16808 bytes
SHA-256: 79742a2e8cc8b9413228ba45103070f785be40aa80adad87f453613101308d88

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