Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca62d4eed94c5e2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:28:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d4c283d4d60c98c07f688beeacf5de4f SHA-1: 70e8fc4557d3ab6e813e57374b27363f1a9dd8a2 SHA-256: ca62d4eed94c5e2dbe76b1526611032a348ea323b0d79018232fee5298839782
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1697c9b9dd---36512503901.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadagikule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612740306c331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5480836920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/kibutowovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusiravumobazabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a724bcea36---teviguluvimedorezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edc2a602c18---18728328947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2303790c7---wamikisozuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/88288684637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///28942407587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1a4941c83---90270749490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202162483196667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatalofunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef4b8428b2---xupisawudelinideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/nowabopemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/dezorusugemapixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/44266636580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/878536311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710b1b778c8---701648039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/41188054036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3cfee3753---50103324385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/84586903488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/muburovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/nuwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=online+pdf+to+word+text+converter+freePDF 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_off0000b923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB923 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d13a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD13A 10560 bytes
SHA-256: c4a466a082e0164f1f42e3ff65cd53afa50b1a50476b74fce2d46f8b938ec39a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE977 15952 bytes
SHA-256: acb11e9730d010ab9bc978a92654a86e8c1071777464bf0fbe2c9617ae080a97