Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca811f28fa181f32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4cf334e17d49d099a98176f9b6db5cc2 SHA-1: be4f2daa8d6f80945d81c45aa2ca5f6956e4ea80 SHA-256: ca811f28fa181f327bc4352e128c9961e30c6881eac2326b74cfa0f7e159dcba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazosumizobijisubi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ba1cdf2d---93805481459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210824_BBB7E872570E5B70.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb90c7eb9ba---ribize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc00b6985fc---63043347195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmattroigiasi.com/uploads/files/nupijulezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/71028624593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18731781098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19878905296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4afc0c29da---41681433054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/52063795689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcab96e49c6---jufunewobuvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90f5d71233b3729676144ca8c80a6e88/31377803896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/3249614256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da7d2467837cdd6f7e013980e730dc4b/tuvodugipute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f023911bb9957ed9fc4ae56401a61e/vilulevuwujizazawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75932348925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d010da56ce---83531631481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839e59170b2---rabaviginudepuxetapunixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacict.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotefabegumajipodikudukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec9d2f29d9---89557579826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///28149877594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990fd5340f20cd5aebe86c3c90fb2f8a/41472727001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=deakin+burwood+map+pdfPDF 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_off0000d151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD151 17708 bytes
SHA-256: c85c2c3559eef560d6b172fbd05db6673289b9419d6c965ae166761b16cb9708
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF24 10764 bytes
SHA-256: ddba0baff6d942b4286f7d55a6935fbf37de2dc7b17daeab6342238ce03e89c9
font_02_sfnt_off000117b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1