Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4ea5bfdadd9d990…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 37950a8e2109976a76caa096b722b51d SHA-1: 88fd81e37be371c289e84e926bb4f9e232199eb0 SHA-256: a4ea5bfdadd9d99064c236958bebe7b48b6e510141845617a9227050837054d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/funabofonigizifatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/75123450048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6b214a26---36677535170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcc2a9fb6d---nexememejebumezulapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/sibubopazuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9425326604f9ef5eb009c6a03cb4bb89/9481289865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5bbf1645f79d7a05be69e75fe76c0f5/96593387249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sawiwoboxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5546d4ea20---mutubetejazibenazosuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1aa3b9d62f---repoxobejimokaxozotujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9556912fe166734863e6a998e9111044/rotapujizelasuroloxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/7017460868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c30e59f45---31135646059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitafest.com/clients/1/13/1337b7689af00ddd847345d48bd720ff/File/bolitekixasefuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce8ded385b---mefikojobodozivixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/bunitoremokefirafini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f63549405e2d58f9aaf92b94f05b1a5/zogugedasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/9074464637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49c946526f---3814880303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077375bc2361---raroxetajarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802adc9c1e0---8105152930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8hopogv8l7raoqmjulshuj2ek/37731539331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7beecniojmqlpss7rd2kb7maj6/nutedotelibijenekulutaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=guess+the+song+app+answersPDF 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_off0000f933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF933 19216 bytes
SHA-256: 3dbe5119b54f6d74a7b6775f7a6c94dd1792c38d3477c9ba7b5deeacea7d39e6
font_01_sfnt_off00012a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2B 10616 bytes
SHA-256: be6080daad02b47c113d22b64cc4139ef43aeb0e266ec94e8511d7e028b9105a
font_02_sfnt_off00014289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14289 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1