Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d11a54c42c164a7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:04:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 71828d727f951a0a4c8bd2491a70686f SHA-1: dd142f81511b98c370bf6dd9b0f32fcb2a78886b SHA-256: d11a54c42c164a7e17ca54411a74aed8d121588350176a68c142b29589a73a2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://badgerhillfarm.uk/xarulewaxijuwemuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/kinopemomuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/mefazadoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021082916530173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/wuvoluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/teraxeferojopud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/39953747808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/xefiwoneligimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/64428882131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/gebakabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134e05b06cd2db65993748ee1eb7e4f6/fewamodolazivamabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/nuguniwofig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/10069364238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38515426973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161060b6245dc1---28010258068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/kanuroregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210726_045942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t33jjoq7aur4b6n46vnr34sfte/rofamugexikulutijekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/72088773355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/lixuzowibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/52714173546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886ebc11295---16825032380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hargrovefamilyreunions.com/clients/16272/File/wudulemiralatite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/wizegiwotemaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c55ace6c96fb62510d94979884b1647/rizofuvuzugemutozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cellule+sanguine+sch%C3%A9ma+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_off0000ddd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD7 20412 bytes
SHA-256: 6ed1f1722808f76fabeff373d7c0bfa4730e9c21860009f79826f86b49c671d8
font_01_sfnt_off0001118f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A6 11036 bytes
SHA-256: f00b2eee9e735f8497a68523a84793e21100274e9c23b4b96515ea6bc81325bf