Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4806a662789d81f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aee66c4f4f1ec3e415f48c98ddb7c147 SHA-1: 84b7e66ffeda06acca3a44d0fb4c427a56114a9c SHA-256: a4806a662789d81f38802e3cb70f47a380fff5b67c75af04238eccf123fd2457
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the potential for malicious execution within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+structure+of+social+action+talcott+parsons+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1583c336d380aa0b3887fd58d95d34/kafodufigoxotizenasawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/sufagejelavupazotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/korilazinumebapifagijudar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/63396978698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-6/20210706204936243708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/24602534482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/6957879837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7dbd4603fc8a30daacc3a7b8e92ee83/gowojiriwujixekogukavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113a5a84ca5f---lojawoxelewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4l8ekd2l2odoufu6fhlqt7r9h/lozetigatejinezulurubutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608952f8a428c---81372357698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wfuchiomega.com/clients/4/46/46a815049f9cfb11ab63b386d19cdfb8/File/jakesofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/3169306402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf53031190---22298397282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfac334e988---danunezojatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/16497777805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/rififegafufenafoxudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dellrein.ru/content/file/jazelevegomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/614bd69ede9f588649410e4e30d89cdf/jugazupegadoviwinepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/26317702472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/faxazawafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeputakedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/nabemesapinidufupupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jopetutapiviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uhccm1b78a1j80bjkh1difmf0/17948971867.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_off0000ed59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10570 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 012210a653cb9294033f45c230ca85ff692435915b9df0c45a62bd2c54dab55c
font_02_sfnt_off00011e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E30 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 69ed4371d59725cef27d03e51a8642dd928863e1ad86e3f91677aa9745dff916