Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d429bd956cea4098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ee5a8bc88f7bedb807f881558f843965 SHA-1: 6b6cf70a985857759738e03f1c47bfb7df88c3a7 SHA-256: d429bd956cea40981a11da94d31a802f075c3ca054cf634a91ee724b52f3c38e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and delivering malicious payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/65639163449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62502926496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qt3vp6pqc399assnk5266fvt2/vomosesemekupawosowodakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd63712853c---lofumokamutukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/wedigafowipadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911c15ede73---nuropefufupipojigujaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd596d17f4---beluzare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/10400658746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcs92bs363opt4nh8p4bkkhs78/xupabuvofagejatowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607596300ecc0---70129153282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f5e15d6b---61160556237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/6119876116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5552498979---75302624119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/jagefeposiruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnl6foglg768uc825j2sfuuvt0/50847872796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4758ae3b389383fbab857e32618c4580/15668162150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b696ebdf84---powatexirekuruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbe5c3ca2c0d6d2558a95c6ff8f2cc2/nigefuroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/59214378739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf9118a207---kupugabemigugigosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/titabejelulojisajerurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb11db712a4982046dc818fe9a5b50bd/pofujotusirifefeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/sezajojunatamutaripiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64968a9f21e3ee21a7e366518ee1161b/selijapewixorakomizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1d8aec75f---62249801682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=12th+ideal+question+bank+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/legofuzevoketebitup.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_off0000ded0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E7 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 1a4425b64a38c255dffd5058315733be5c48f2d50fde3e545b268cf104d0d1b8
font_02_sfnt_off0001107d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107D 16828 bytes
SHA-256: 5620ccd9d1441f0886500c30aa78893f64f0a0d62f7c4848beb5edf2f78343ae