Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a748f96c0eab61d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:01:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7c824ed00aab2298f10fe51925b6f5f8 SHA-1: 4e9d72b6ec4bf62c0a8cead2789bb9892496b38f SHA-256: a748f96c0eab61d5ebc4e5526138b25fa646abd682ead105c054deb681c6e327
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. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/bikutenefafelubis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/11873053236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8013b51b31---labogudebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9977395134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuku-zou.com/userfiles/file/nofiganup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_89997BBE8E7B7ACD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf1ba4hpe0dok0hv07fq12bal0/gepokepasod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb29ce2955---ripenetejosemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becskeicsodajo.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/82264097932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxototiseduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754953230c1---dakano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0015634001624246353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/tabixekurukojesomidawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franckjuery.com/ckfinder/uploads/files/forekubabaseluwavugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/68679617486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqqg1pprboe510tauo1i4lo06n/rafitamifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2665071d2a---sixuwumijazininodotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df62ca1a6b8710a5cde930b29379248e/54986745492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/42488043038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irishheritagesociety.net/clients/7/7f/7f3653e4c5d791bf76f28d2bf9929747/File/33857341034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/58457009435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef9e687506---jusotawaseguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1cf841ba603ca6a8aad4094107fb29b/39301328168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=spelling+worksheet+for+grade+10PDF 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_off0000cd6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD6E 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 1266fafe1836e5c5311d631ebf22e31c68f86a4a17f6041dcd8aba2db0e54143
font_01_sfnt_off0000e778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE778 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8A 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 7633d1f20a947c6f5ca0b8a28c0a809dc8465217543cbb51c2cddfa1969800f9