Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c229c79bd31cdfd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-08-01 16:15:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d4163c1d3f3f8a9e993d6ab9da357c80 SHA-1: 17c90f770f6c974b2dcc53bac7076a62be86fbcc SHA-256: c229c79bd31cdfd087bbb5351c4af3962967072a722fe967c4408c855dee1d4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210731093721.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/degamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8933c0acfe810733649236ac431a72b/pawareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptt758usrpcth7r1bdaad3l7hl/vevitifisiwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fec3d3022b8---zubogofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a592605c9---nibefupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.com/userfiles/files/rovelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francisfamilyreunion.net/clients/870293/File/64322533042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/91047033341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/62303204314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/kifalarogavobavupewokuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/jakugapijaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/99243796773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39c7862b6b---govidoneloburibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a01dd08844---29860914851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/72409197462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/8722264225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/vuregakixuwokanajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5d2c990c---2584877566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12d6436e7e4fca25b8b6c034b097763b/35232233092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wawoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/napojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/dumisinelun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4dc9db72a---81784081965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=reported+speech+statements+exercises+docPDF 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_off0000de3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3F 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 00a4a6eea9cf7993b29802234265dced5361fe3b05996f1ca94798959a2dcc4b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73B 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 68c12966677bd07f5dd2b7086287c4c51833d9d0b7b0bd316b6b50475ffe44d4
font_02_sfnt_off0001248e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1248E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1