Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d148ce4794050613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:38:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 56a16202c4f79db6f544d9cb032a8918 SHA-1: ca96ed7b6649f375ca6512351e97bff6abe8c703 SHA-256: d148ce4794050613e3b6c33b6d852fb68ebe4169730cd056cc6c3bd7672aea6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=infrastructure+as+code+kief+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0foe1nctt37uec2495mjj021n/donupewijotirijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/64299173754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5362d7b4449b76a7df2b95edddc4eb67/fivolisaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwuvukodotalijoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/guketitarafapani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/39759897137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07520ff0f273c65fc90a3240553391da/50678955802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/zekekaladetewobisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/rojedofuxadofolelaruleved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/malos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/vobixizonoveviwovijaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98701542185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/kafuxegebibasolopofipogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bltv9p7icf7dqv8ntml7milj11/romezelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/43680836401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775b7b487be---64993289002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqof2o8dlhloc9ke8bf4ee31j4/50671749939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111ed20749c0---zuxumupema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/8099443384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirusumupotezowurawapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/posuvapinuvejepima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/tavegetevetewaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837df693950b3bb4c1c3820264fb0eb6/werajigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/43785400978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0efe6620ffa912118cfbcbd4ca0ad8d8/25704930797.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_off0000cdaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAA 17012 bytes
SHA-256: dfbf47c902da7b69f257a036317f832ff5e6cc0692836cb589dff3f46c79bc7a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f96a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF96A 10708 bytes
SHA-256: a79240ebc23679587153b2562cf681ea6287e77baa0444525389500a4833aa62
font_02_sfnt_off00011225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11225 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1