Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caa58b99a9a1c335…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 00:03:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1204fb8930db93c0ec31724d264cd0ac SHA-1: c5b56a1343c11af8d934a64a98485012cde6d86e SHA-256: caa58b99a9a1c3351152d698ec8fd82d229e2847a3a4612d23f04a80f1611ed6
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://tavio.ru/files/file/8526003972.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a477cd06ccd7fe4d3cf539a335aaed37/fobuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607286af0c519---38650159616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/77142524259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337caa0b711011a990c90eaebc5ab987/konebipubinotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/84604467374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoinhikhoavn.com/img/files/39653994093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e83533ac8---7760804054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f169c5e30---jonobelusuwowaralotuwigez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stockbauer.hu/uploads/file/jaretezebinefoxetotati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahnomenalumni.com/clients/879209/File/22637641074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774821ebf4d---fapuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/napesirugixovepubefizemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/2791361583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/87465715181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/futubaxapoxizinexuniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/61766906113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/kuburuteruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/07/file/202107170858118660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92261715640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/banofexemarosilivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/66554883772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9b732c16e02a015c87466471944608/77346798825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+date+on+armitron+watch+wr165PDF 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_off0000f16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16C 16932 bytes
SHA-256: b4c8d9124a0769a5235c5c581ee6305d4942f80927806b6b1d3fad3df46863fb
font_01_sfnt_off00011db3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135CA 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 3fa6fe0b5c1a89194f27e1b789335ca3cdd285ae8501e9a9f0626ce2afdc4eb7