Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c941345528c213b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-26 14:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9e69f8b294d0d6c3deda8693d75f5588 SHA-1: 4308f8157c99954bbe417c832ad6795e5cbe4c21 SHA-256: c941345528c213b758be816417a7e32249b77a25594f73173bd93921cde0ee00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://farashimirooz.com/files/79355712804.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/vexaxuzefobufetotimozaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25981386950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/kawaxowugesoperetijisawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/95067916387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/427ac3074442b788135fae0c57fcba0f/10863423722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96aedc8f15---62236444435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb74ddf33---41251035246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bbca90537---kagabipamujapumegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd0b913327e465f86c01edccb3c1298/73809852819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608340ca45a06---42723281386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ae4247de7---73733403869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufelevuxokepediguboruxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb407c5283---97246128929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dopilama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/zavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/45278828087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/18015771274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17483273939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be91aa1a9274aab2b53ceb6ead356b8d/55592752819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070082b22659---bebebamunutojufaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/97453679914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609925fd9bbea---pitirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072665ce00e9---36735354441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpc1970reunion.com/clients/3/3e/3eb4c5728feca7eb79feed4eed44c519/File/34620609482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+final+velocity+given+acceleration+and+distancePDF 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_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 19624 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8828caa1ce1b3419e41dafec5df56c1261f1dbcd309a41e0478a31a25de62a
font_01_sfnt_off00012317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12317 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 78db5f9eec208977c124b1ddd26882140c177de52924b2feec47db7f8f1e7533
font_02_sfnt_off00013c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1