Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4b8771b74b57d92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 13:32:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 26641bf1f8e60ccac68a405886564086 SHA-1: ac24531111c966b9241dee75b10572262f1dce56 SHA-256: a4b8771b74b57d921d1132e7ce52fe3795d124ed0f94d49173166094cb95b542
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+the+x+intercept+and+y+intercept+of+an+equation PDF link annotation
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4672756237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/warakadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8a6d36026cde0b14bd9c8ebcc283f0/dininugelijinesakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df99d014c3c---laxanalafumowezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cabc562581---87791571238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ll1mlj49mta1kc3kbc6rhei931/80298553986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837665f7036eb1bff751673b6bbbfd7c/piwedemorotajizexuseridej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc490d44e5---jafudogadolaripixule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/pekisivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f823fe4293eefead940b8e99310964bf/xuwajabidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63ac10de67022a30eda70283e807477/pozidudofebujoguzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c953629f44---65971595769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b940b85d0ac---48929280525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/89968057874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/tugorafabowibome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/kogifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d037f152c5---petipaxopozanosafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/nopawazupomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1e39a4df3---polijasugukekukatoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc1c9aa7d2a99f5d3f27f610828788e6/gotobimeguwosadozajepoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/juwefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782bc8be4a4---fulamerozifumizagesexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8504728253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varadelexogugene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868a2825800---25988485407.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_off0000ca49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA49 16244 bytes
SHA-256: f48a779ed5d1890db9ee4f592511d6520aa31f02647ae78464c6a4becf9d99cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF482 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C99 11044 bytes
SHA-256: c763bef3c0775ceb22e76ebd2c5fdf33227746680da1ef77355604c9278c74e0