Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d43ba1bad4f70be7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:46:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cf277ce265c3353e7496530d3eb53fbe SHA-1: 00b203f36d19f77335b4062e14bce179928b62cf SHA-256: d43ba1bad4f70be76224454555c33f1020e3461e1f919e3fa3f81c7e73fcdbf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/54705482326.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9becc89e2---72851022100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d51cd631cb33890dcf71052e83ec02a/99262153283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/68838859381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c42506612955d416407ff8d2229ed3/vexijedatolobupiwagekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basundharamart.com/userfiles/file/xopavefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37ee13995bd696e0fe573aa5aa419737/fujagejakeridajosuzenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/20841540943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e9cb927ab---fotigubaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c435d55838a---17765922457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/vowakizefusojaluferiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/nudaxofavovemojitadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://net-mex.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13981894113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newkontakt.ru/userfiles/images/file/60940405580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14fac9a38619f4cf5df7cc57710d24ff/26312260942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/43503380974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentali.cz/files/files/76994675075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/fujogimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikikodejeletopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2009737381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/77480210210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cca8d657c9b---7231121969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=electronic+devices+and+circuit+theory+solution+manual+11th+edition+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_off0000e2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CD 11200 bytes
SHA-256: b632ace882ebb44dcada35269c1bef095892070db808d09476856ee065e71b36
font_01_sfnt_off0000fce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE3 18644 bytes
SHA-256: e1229432171c2048f4537b6352657ed27bf89cb3f6b3df3da32b63935bf59889
font_02_sfnt_off00012d8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1