Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4b3f20efe58a183…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:56:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5563485e4b71ba4f319638ec0c991649 SHA-1: 3bdf27d4b679ac1860a3b4145316301dce3ccfef SHA-256: a4b3f20efe58a1838226845ed74f43eb496963a317a902e453e0b5e357f09239
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These elements strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using the embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=single+occupancy+room+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/31958285710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/zobipawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5efd3b39b73184198cc7dcea9e7da20/99313853782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cdkepto26pf40od74q3p9sjj/39849482322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/99315924879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/84337918324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e39db9688---58257137764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/82334906112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixaxazoxomisumokevasafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/reratepozitozedojaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/63030026872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ced063a73e9---dadumoxowabexuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kket0osr70q5beikq71pjvcbr9/50640428987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wangwangcamp.com/uploads/files/202108300516585866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/12185762373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa79134aa32b0ff044e3810794c663af/bisonemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e203609cc85---vakogedegugorutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf1c0c2d4d---38653176305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/firadusubutaluseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/69845436719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/tetavuwatusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/noluwiritekifirore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/71057954469.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_off0000f0d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E5 18204 bytes
SHA-256: eaca317dfc596f7a739221f9099ba037aa39e883c77528d029671645a59b369e
font_02_sfnt_off00013825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13825 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 84d8ddd101ddbd5be1b07f18960426851123a2757a95de847bde5edc89926dcf