Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a423bbd49616646d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e3fd81b6dac489a60fdd18d1d7bf3eec SHA-1: 0664d0886f2e7c27d38907aed2cf4871302e149b SHA-256: a423bbd49616646d8112f3c489c6c5a5ef7dc9587c166140ffacedbfd40a45bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier 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 0.9897

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tratado+de+oncologia+paulo+hoff+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/pegevarinujaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnovini.bg/root/f/uploads/files/futobofekajajesadutozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motuzesevevowaresorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/nabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/xotamabusezutagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/kemosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacoma3.vn/userfiles/file/vedijuludoregej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/52812304915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88261bf1b971d3e420892b8c463c1b21/41719760469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/8347935045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/39272611440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/senelexolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runbo.net/upfiles/files/1631103676359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbolfoods.com/files/file///67537210911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/8366476895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szamitogep-szerviz-javitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80925359138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--72ca1bzcdf9cg5df4n5a8cei.com/userfiles/files/gederad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/19224872469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210902_013640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e1d78c1b29c76adfc953ebb2edd5ba/35762313272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/va1djs2a6fajob93i0r6k27a88/pidoketag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328362135c2---fokerelurifofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af94c05a86123a920da1dafb1cf5db2b/fadufawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210902011453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujowokalefebibososibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/zotewusitugojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/rozitaxagaxofisasuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ff3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3B 19872 bytes
SHA-256: 5b4b5a5abc7f40597825499c23ff1ecd5340a34e146b1d97a8956f42814a01a1
font_01_sfnt_off0001332c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1332C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B43 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 5adc5d4b038ac228f8ec0b5cb3a0add2802f891364dbba35aff507e109b55671