Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d41c2670c580f684…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:38:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4bfc6e5826060fdf540ab637689f966a SHA-1: f540e79d0f516568a6617c0b9da87acdefde05d6 SHA-256: d41c2670c580f684cc6b52043c5d7d0855bc2ad53fd9e43a09fb0d55c3ec451d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for file hosting. This suggests the document is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. The embedded JavaScript could be used to further obfuscate the malicious intent or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981433346bdafe019cfda3d0c65c55cc/67395371040.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhaxuongbinhduong.com/upload/files/40218432410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608167e5384ca---61528604229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfc9d15e42---gonimerefofubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/48987982740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/23870227029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/xigekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/lovamerunaxalabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gematil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/22506047330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/58639192390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/64947059282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e62f86ec20d---22659410494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a50f3faab---58571252445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6f290e0b8536a504d52b1b475ba764/dejibaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesijilasujavurifubeboxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/zotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe724ebc046---23477222105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senesi-sklad.cz/userfiles/file/90501350804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pbahdku88pt091ftqrlpb5lb7/kisoguteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/xamofufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harckocsik.hu/userfiles/file/kifufikovuzekibafozolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d67c1e59---60139895025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nest+learning+thermostat+3rd+generation+user+manualPDF 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_off0000ca1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1B 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 1f6f7cbe987b0a029d0f6a3db37101f57011b488b50293c817348aa04b969fa6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF583 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9A 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 5bedaaabcc9d6548d634ec129aedd3bb0fea169620b9e241a59dce74e77a468d