Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4e30b22971d1bb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 05:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b256a8a462d919e494bd6d28766e73b8 SHA-1: 1ba7c413251250924dff1bed1f054f6a4ee45a22 SHA-256: d4e30b22971d1bb31131ac3e7fedf6f077b61f27c2376da69a6c52b330edb97e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous external URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://ssekolkata.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41305553474.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/38108136505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klccpa.com/userfiles/file/41281705274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fpcofmacon.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kadagopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333a9021b6c---52547246499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/40982371193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///kiredaguromananuzemovawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tythb.com/uploadfile/files/2699301650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/85401055446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/1524500652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/xozoxopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/50077186261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klaaswester.nl/img/file/taxebasujoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakpluspizza.us/userfiles/file/jekeragasibuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/2128067636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/34499625892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46698781871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130134ad8d2f---fixilenurove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwasege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210902010020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsultantrading.ae/userfiles/files/pefetilutupigafisisime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.painters-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/pepedizibumogijiteduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_DF45A0F562094C9A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/majufevogagejirilanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109011307377110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdrf1s3nttt38lfhqq7ft7ivlr/verenojufazobaluborilefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=button+onclick+javaPDF 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_off0000c099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC099 10264 bytes
SHA-256: a8358973873edeb1fa9ea0229fc8add36037680c998330b991b5ad815b6fb2e5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000efdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFDF 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 7d76643147ead33623250ef1f0ece22cda7e689b1ffb963234065c32c92e2edd