Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c516a3fd4af19a3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:31:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ca5ad4cbfd5716b4dbb9740ca2a7e2d5 SHA-1: c29aad64c0cdb852a66b72142fa27b567145a84c SHA-256: c516a3fd4af19a3a6a39a94ca0e188781f4d00737f70734cd5d86b8708b7d965
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+video+to+60fps+android PDF link annotation
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202109041328455371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/xipufapurobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc6b449b8d---bifuxovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/69245044481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/gobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/98942139977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/70335064764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/73061574431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscworld.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditilubegozekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/8075859888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210909103341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/4827126649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehnfeldt.com/userfiles/file/85218456544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/bagugesosugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/bubisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af451d16af---wujokanabuzeresid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/21050099731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.larucheapain.fr/ljk/file/25079798152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b63fce7dcfc1575f8f2308a2fda2c74/68420294939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rawixusikibikiwutomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/78589792726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/53122075384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fueandhair.com/userfiles/files/4442547446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomuduzorig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4826187300.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_off0000eae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE4 10832 bytes
SHA-256: b98a67f3c3c660f7d8bf97e68348cd422c8022074bab26f2a045557280569e05
font_01_sfnt_off00010416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10416 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C28 19088 bytes
SHA-256: ff6b43e1e1c5c0669cf5c95880c309e7ba00d1e9a24bb4db5c3fe80bb4acb3bb