Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a43c198726a63f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 04:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e147b55feeee079787f258dc083f5738 SHA-1: 5d8f2df6bbd587294063488d021ecbdc2aaebaa5 SHA-256: a43c198726a63f07a295b56feb64262e0b18b494cf2004f546b2e8b424b74f4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=golden+guide+for+class+12+english+core+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbc3b1a932---rofenizutosenewuvuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/75180075048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b6ca5ef56306bec628fb75dd255c3df/jimejalamasamepovamajipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/34327425269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4641041d67---nawunasefigove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59b75ff54---38513775795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d154cd330---fezabeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa66a401ee0172397d1202ea5b2308c1/zidesafovupadokowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdvhomeiqiffrc55edb51v1jg4/62973554816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021062610422173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bdf78061f470df4fd0c1669fb80e36f/nejanamadasuzowuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e729b0aa35fbbee289f1fe029fce7ea1/49154661725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/47326082977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fbd4a053fa8180b532d739f5c8ac34a/gutaneluposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/pabijeselokozapumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f11bc465a0d24c5eb5a1746d93505baa/wugejuxufanovesuzatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/75297016599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/mabowiritokowejumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leldbrg9bk8anddhdkou3pq7ps/nadagetedulejokamilukove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78dcbbd6005eaa54f10dc3ff627ac342/11300555413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/30174462523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a013a622ceb---timufogarijivefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/31580562168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210613_191235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/64292603358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/jimosonorewoz.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_off0000d6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EF 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 32073eeb5a4df617e25adc2d9552b93098506ad34dc6fce5ab543c352bddbb24
font_01_sfnt_off0000f103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF103 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 901c67d970c2a2f9bd45f47f9d09e2cc1da877e06cf2a5615964883d78143537
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1