Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a520442e1e1a428a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 13:45:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c20914dfadacf7d85429caa1337ba9d8 SHA-1: 1c24cc8de64b88dde3e59cea89742ff461da14d6 SHA-256: a520442e1e1a428a0a68b7c543c05dce35ad34ea45384da1b5bd0f1f302032c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pro+wrestling+5+star+matches PDF link annotation
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1614b440a22deb---tesotegulubosikilesowovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/17920087286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210921002100_xgrthp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://databaze-zdarma.cz/userfiles/files/vusawixifalirumononozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/zixubekamexogowavosivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duz-drustvo.si/uporabnik/file/7980228017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/sirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/sowifokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43hnf2uio836p77lnu4le0kg4/3204737974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desmar.cl/gestion/admin/images/upload/file/bunimitometumawunafumugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/suvubokoxofibateko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fb9398b3b---84517982249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/xuwadevaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fofigawoxukifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/jaxilugexujebazorabununo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/jazemolazujanodapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/lejegowaxiniwetoneban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/91541942953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panelshock.com/userfiles/file/devevivezakopapukuzipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/86663454651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8bfcb759a---32316855975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yam-token.com/business_school/uploads/file/jivowimovemelugixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/18066389395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetypadlocks.eu/eurostyl/photos/file/48279163760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoanhantin.com/media/ftp/file/libata.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_off0000d37e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD37E 17308 bytes
SHA-256: ce68da46d58cd5f09b1949410f86bbe6669732cdba6aa1e1bb40e35c80660a6f
font_01_sfnt_off0001004b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11862 10900 bytes
SHA-256: ce60ef37f283c1e1fdb20acca30b3681b9cd5aac5685ea38deb4b792a2465bf8