Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4a04cff7c844b3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:09:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9d8e319aecbb3ee57cc1f8cc418c14b5 SHA-1: c14b8bd40e06dc6ea0c0229e3e4b7cb2ec2e5d2a SHA-256: a4a04cff7c844b3fc81149d1cb77e661ac09cc6e1aa8678ea4a37409c843cc30
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://lochoanggia.com/upload/files/marobosudekuzo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/nexefesaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/jawajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa2f7ccf0f---lakumezokolodajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/64818604638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhattisgarhsanskritboard.in/sharpinstitute/images/files/62771965170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mncg410t65j8rqr6en7h47c85/55307562126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf011c6929107a99b634694b6454c1db/72917869243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/80881937292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/50318251604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea3fa30453a286a824b48bc958de6df1/12471031036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/42698488265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vesjn1hdms5qa92vaa42kc0167/resanojemelakefison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/63131474744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/bemowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da224dae8b5---zuvovejetadawekuviginip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32d9f801c0---73152029726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharon-barron.com/userfiles/files/fufepaveligiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25581c6b269534d60a6a219690ee936/47014492383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/xamonowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/davaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/33848239276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/dugajijevudirumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/95779828824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888dcc6373d---tuborojefusavapevemelite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+dragsterPDF 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_off0000e67c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67C 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 8c8d245e15330b981e6464314d34f6809dd2dd74e7e036f34cfb17e4a57f6004
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD7D 20048 bytes
SHA-256: 3fea431012bce952a3e2722ede02f8483a57940c0a248fa94af208a15fc3cf8e
font_02_sfnt_off0001307a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1307A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1