Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c235b4ada641026d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:01:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e7ac1ae2a6e30ad5d990c006cfeb3bd SHA-1: 086415ac030f5dff8119dc9e6ce1fb3fba43b14a SHA-256: c235b4ada641026dd83b3bd7cc7bb2b80a2738ea902a9735e2eaafee387b41b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or engage in phishing. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, suggesting potential for exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b7e72f51a8733d3f9e0c101b01ce9cc/38441777839.pdf
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37442051186.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613726523704e---bebixawolilevotovu.pdf
    • https://swaarm.de/app/webroot/upload/files/67843012254.pdf
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibubiw.pdf
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/tuwifetu.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f7765cefee1d7b34c70b208ee99ff42/mifosukigojexuzifeg.pdf
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/xubolefedoper.pdf
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/69066013454.pdf
    • http://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesejovod.pdf
    • http://ducthai.vn/userfiles/file/guboxibi.pdf
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e911a8fb2---jewafigemubumi.pdf
    • http://ghettaetamionarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/34029293677.pdf
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxilamadusi.pdf
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/3645627360.pdf
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/171503119601.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebbfee8d34---97862071798.pdf
    • https://dpengineerindia.com/admin/userfiles/file/8132176487.pdf
    • http://salespate.com/userfiles/file/xonemefebobumolusesuruda.pdf
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210908020501_y730f0.pdf
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/23228950502.pdf
    • http://i-tos.com/userData/board/file/jutivotolasisevexaloxusaz.pdf
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/90595655755.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=android+telefon+yava%C5%9Flama+sorunu
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d25d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea6f.bin
39e090ec882e06c9c3dcaa0a3ef9998aa9b36646a3990049c9fd0cfbfbe6fbc0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6F 17636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011573.bin
a9190326a179ae9241a3fa5989cc756ea6fa95c553edc221610f0343a7033ae1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11573 11016 bytes