Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a402cc94d0d13ff2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:20:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6184a9de49bc71a13ef138f5bc27a14c SHA-1: eb3e2791d54754a7477c9f22bee8d08097ba0c59 SHA-256: a402cc94d0d13ff261ce3ce68436ab1e62a0976e7e1f09d21e538ae8fef270b3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38f9e7bdffaf072fa17a8163f2a06d7/fafem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://madveras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45179256761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61c155a0cd---vubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvubixenabilenuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/puwawaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78af3e5966fac99e55bfe2e5f353926b/61004966970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/33123759523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darienhigh70.com/clients/878490/File/ligosulebojabaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608473d2c0ef9---73950908269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/85691988787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h654bp0ta34ldj06du3vtecnr/59961892646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahlkoenig.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/85989951299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c181bba447f---18509136806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/wumulakuronirenagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/85056424942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/94945555806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad9b8758ae7be02c59b0bf5d3127b59/50851117469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u65k5o0go1t6k7v9q0269k6cu6/37646780721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/kutupozurixuludemepoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070526fd7e59---79994389031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/lulosabajaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czapla-dachy.pl/public/images/fck/file/meramuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+colours+and+numbers+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000cf74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF74 19028 bytes
SHA-256: 976323433ac1ce0fffa73c66f322b6706b62def4426b7459c8f1810868664e92
font_01_sfnt_off00010103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10103 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001191a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191A 11272 bytes
SHA-256: e4d782a2185d5b0e218767eec9eeaec452f46d7b7412d4f36721c69b8368029d