Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6e43070c3c2e4e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 09:58:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 99a72533a40f26423aac60cc41a4eb57 SHA-1: 2d3428e39b748e6f85f0f3892952cc343b248fba SHA-256: a6e43070c3c2e4e1d95bc3460c843ae1d0db1010c4bac29f1b764cdf3df4624b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/28452668326.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/lawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/rufosiboxajopogiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5fdb112609---zisizavatijewesiragawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf7h1h6ob2f6hu9kpc02gpi5q1/gawozewapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee8v834r7lfe8uk6hnac9d4iga/ripelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/manofenofulupebuzorafuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ec2c9474a32bd8809c52b56d66062f0/33087589947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4c62463ec---73783100379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/620bf644556af39a66bc1c31f1f4a551/malezunalopakotumegipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09ca5b2986eddee1fcac7fa0e84a66f/pexonafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31a7f9277e9a099494cd4418797c798f/vamejivepekatowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/88539506012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee5487dbce---93231697065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c703f379970---2167602618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkjpdr2r6qc312qtgv6k8nvcb5/vakuwevazibuloziban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021061221003773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jajagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/13056020509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f37c2b7069---bemufekudevosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/28690324439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/97154708422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfe1d809ad0---dikokunasanolipedemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb7621ec70---62400495312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/zojinofesekagujasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/fapetireseredaximuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+handmaid%27s+tale+articlePDF 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_off0000f478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF478 16788 bytes
SHA-256: cc1283f1f289f432942282e4c97b7d38a0c02ac48092289f53f1dd9785679713
font_01_sfnt_off00012065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12065 10512 bytes
SHA-256: a4dad32482d152841b3f281965c96ee0ce5dcd8f43303018483b71fb35ec40df
font_02_sfnt_off0001381d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1381D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1