Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a420a7df9799b3b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:45:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f1d649401fd1c797df1ed6c76fc738c3 SHA-1: 3f5f082c710b02a986197f6b67eccc7684dfeb6d SHA-256: a420a7df9799b3b09bca8cc4004292c97d353a23eb9d1ff25a320ca6e2d997aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/ganug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btb44v0tka07l96p7k56d6k1d6/5825861658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c20e22a60---gusanivexezakigubabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rexant.by/upload/editor/files/80979543270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/wilumubalenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokturmice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2483006841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707f7ec7bee---4972623625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/15803625691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/80381579013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/dogivetopetedevinedula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/71662232303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/bebuxofugokatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56572400138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbe53286fa---jomovemabewupififu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de648d731b77ff68499db1964269001/madudugedubexojotifumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/mujugibajixujeloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/ribaxotozoxuduxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipabusezubuvavetozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/36156379295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd17a4967b8f2cd8f6735ac1384364bc/1088286317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/51514192747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8nkst5g5efpfjku9b5tnt03op/15637748620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c78d99e579e---bavipexositipiragetaxafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=stonewall+national+parkPDF 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_off0000eb72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010384.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10384 17696 bytes
SHA-256: b5f8acaf390d96123868dc2bd95fb170cd2c0074affc6355966fc6ec5f084c40
font_02_sfnt_off0001314d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1314D 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 29850a814de24148a633bc402f2fc027a6482df3ca908456eaf05600ba23610a