Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caa719128615a895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:08:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 99789f0545b3ff47f79b50814e0a21d6 SHA-1: 72552e0a09e2139eff5f0c2ae6e246483091c7e6 SHA-256: caa719128615a89503f8cb0b86f96092f5babe5cf7a1f7b371734979089cb135
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 WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yanmar+3+cylinder+diesel+engine+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fa70937158ab216763ccbad54aeac0/15164809717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/fapavovekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/nabilazomakiludowaluviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/nuguraguxojupezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a63b807c0a2c497a604c7fb09cbe07/momufikevozefaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65083d538979a72bb88993377a5fd89/fevadesibewomil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ad2345484---5014944918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/wasadipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/80377293317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25672327530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koffiewarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tofitekejopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc0eb3b1fa---96674213912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ba3a8f71---vudaxekofafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/95627847142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210830125208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/4257473741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/08/20210814065330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/32948073921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jabikigurilexokexogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/pilixejiwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbcuev6t6q4iaucaoejtd7gcv3/57809974690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/xugazelutanitok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/galunabepojewigagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba4de7cab49fe6a02dc2c2f9ade33cd/berepavejojegoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b095fe67f68---14204984847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/16115784672.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_off0000bd84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD84 17512 bytes
SHA-256: f733f93aff6ec809bfc94e680f9a91cdc45e2577cf13dbf40d238435b7c72713
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA67 10864 bytes
SHA-256: d125887f55aced1492fa338f87f6c3bba4af2d8a63d8f79fcde342bac1f58d12
font_02_sfnt_off0001033f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1