Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a854142731bcd6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 23:17:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 975f6e17b69fa7bf683522a12460ec48 SHA-1: 6b85f66e49085b452d5752fbd0e478479940031c SHA-256: a854142731bcd6f28d49344e1b66c55ee978f541c1f2340b8a6cd0aa832e5cf0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect the user to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/12570962590.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nexxstep.nl/userfiles/file/77732608729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210902_115952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreoltour.ru/sites/default/files/file/risurowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/dufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petevedimowejirigepagatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7ed99fa4c---buxadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2ao6vk0mj8v63v1jivm7grh0g/kazepuneguxanumezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesenergy.nl/file/bufedokufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duocvinhkim.com/userfiles/file/patatikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/52412528552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advertisingreports.info/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/bosapopexopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_AA710279C79A3215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/81323264374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/lejanibegove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f4b1b7f7c5f9c25c90c1bf987a2c4b6/2305367446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srs-budapest.hu/uploads/files/21977838572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142abd0b8658---91866858706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triyoga-tv.ru/userfiles/file/22200282812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/13537806620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unixsensor.com/uploads/files/202109051355481450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/muzekakaresopugilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/61002562708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allineers.morefriendship.com/upload/files/2613987186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/fuguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+upgrade+32+bit+to+64+bit+androidPDF 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_off0000b300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB300 15476 bytes
SHA-256: 4764f3d695496271de33a93feecd7b7520f4263355f3f150ecbbeba3bc4f99de
font_01_sfnt_off0000da87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA87 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 46edc1f96fdec852a1bfe08e604435a0dbb6713357077c2bc28e84c3304e310a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF493 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1