Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a461ec730d84b767…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:28:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2e432b6d6ddeb2c24dfbd72eb6b5c50f SHA-1: a5a3e1fb0812907457877821c6c28057a46408fc SHA-256: a461ec730d84b7672dda5b2777a2776bbc812683aca111a00751233e22542452
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=canvas+syndrome+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://swotaweb.com/img/upload/file/janikonurewuteni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/kagilexusajerokoxowureme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnamvina.vn/rich_editor/file/78832488977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/fadidovemixanadebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdff2fb835f---31249180297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ae5de3de5---logoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf1fbf02b1---69016755933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609beeca41cd5---nebobumarotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/reqnm0qmr3biavq8d91r1ra3iv/69079535676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c676c0604c3f28622b08a811e9cedc32/57899428745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/78505945658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/66789406438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f6d75d57e---80155166979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lmns6ssm68htalht305jrkud1/32138383216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/99127280175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_ED9EB7C0D87E9694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17650569749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa698d81920---2510867515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexejovuwujikenapipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekasovituxutagivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/madukezazojijerade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87cee313415b4825e565f5c4c636c3b6/40817887977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/48334993159.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_off0000f6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C0 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 34a23babeaa8259fdfdd09af9ccd7167db0fb6749f1163ed5951a4177ab6744f
font_01_sfnt_off00010f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F19 19192 bytes
SHA-256: ed1e5cf37369d0df988ca14191fb0ad4e3809f3957ffd66e6fc98117a6e7a617
font_02_sfnt_off00014007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14007 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1