Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4a5b16b09a1a255…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 652e8adbf244f454fb181917933f9b82 SHA-1: 103897d3007b4052973e56a2a659e608ae912844 SHA-256: c4a5b16b09a1a255a517c19f51f79694c51b00891afd838e4bc9e40934a87b5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggests it functions as a link farm. These links likely redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+phonetics+and+phonology+pdf+roach PDF link annotation
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c98ed7f4d5---mukigoxori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/titojomaxidajakugatekaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6c19d5fa78---14173729526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/refikitabowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/72409237279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/kirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hms31.ru/img/file/29591702192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97372713139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/5161660786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/47306507259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/zafasugomobowugesijuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa5d563bed---76608922545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/93428688361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cautrucpalang.vn/webroot/img/files/vezuwisuditowukabuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff7492901a90b06d1753351de51bf48/89845845655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/97252727002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefefid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/18315546977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/84334070632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nerexunaneke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.swiss/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lekibebumimozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professional-tuner.at/uploaded/file/vokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc23005ac5---xajonowula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57f81d0e90e02797d7ea0fb1bf07d281/lofolemijasovagoliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f62794afb0---67280921497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkoplast.rs/files/32166928020.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_off0000c4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DD 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 3fe494ff07d810e5d0e6012eab8388c56e6376a4a8b321e27375563e85a09d90
font_01_sfnt_off0000de23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF635 18544 bytes
SHA-256: 216b113590227c1295680ea8fbdb74821a5720daf64158a6f9a11b8cd7b105e9