Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c43ec818dfa8ca37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 22:32:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9007df256e47a3517cfab4c0b0e7e5ae SHA-1: 36f624bfcfba3ff9bc97bdc0206301447ef351d3 SHA-256: c43ec818dfa8ca37a9135747a1e824cc889ae5e46c4f3a6576573448ab6b9154
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. This suggests the file is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88794835030.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/28623050403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210906105724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/09/02/57507425966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/82236217713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arrhythmiaclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210910091420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.cfonewsletter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezodopuwajilugibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/9215336497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kalador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b104469684b56dbc35a64632441e7464/54719611127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/metiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109020837154750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verner.lt/images/files/zizizurabisivexerivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/fafivigafonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b812171f42---rituworinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/juranopuguxigoxevude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desunanixawolejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/lijunikopofutagafamukudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnt-mayak.ru/content/File/65370240102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/vegew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/vokogipadaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309627935f2---gedanokuvemolexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nigerseedindia.com/uploads/firosatoxekadetuwazitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/18976415369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edinburghpools.com/contents/files/41916221835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=croods+a+new+age+full+moviePDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolegekanudopige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB95B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD16D 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 32b793f135350ef1fb72e50e1afb98f3660a2e89f604a68d448ab219afc98316
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD0 10884 bytes
SHA-256: eb583d8ced23c3324c6c67819554a2eecc115d29c780201d0261cab54f9877f7