Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a494ee636126ec37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-20 07:31:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7289141c56bf3c998293990e3d9f56a8 SHA-1: 3d3724d72fcf3ffdb15e5c1d66eedacc0a508efc SHA-256: a494ee636126ec37ea31b32504e5c78840ed6119dc89d088eefc623be81d7964
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/boteximulodajilabun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3dc684974---68643618793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c3b2844590441eb6b98899456b57f8/92379406592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/vazixugizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/jetakasekukezafonekejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4131a4e77f---23024410584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pgnsualumni.com/clients/872691/File/58997926315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/22472564232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/52141424987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paviloradivurexilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa66384b2e50bf9b2404c1d6b0bd536/8744547453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/13/file/20210613_065546_174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607debda531a7---93231335797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c2d570641---8238800082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4434172ef7---rijenewikebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b84be10000d51dfc7c70e7d4330cceb/nodefijisesudovupajajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitroc.com/userfiles/file/suxaturogufine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608185611b4c8---legavagetuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/14969341194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukenotapozagumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/nabili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d16461ffbd08d9e912e2e1a6ff034d31/jomadixada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/lewiwaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/84991707143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/lubenuvibumesewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/vikusukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea9d6473b---gefire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+holden+jealous+of+stradlaterPDF 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_off0000eba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA0 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 315b3cd96d9966130b068ecee53b8017b31de8fbb102ab54cacf2d6d4ab91940
font_01_sfnt_off00011750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11750 10788 bytes
SHA-256: d047927edb5fe6befefe66b17f5671f5089cbe7163ea0337b5a248bf6813849d
font_02_sfnt_off00013018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13018 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1