Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d644f3a43649beb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:29:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ebdd0555adf4afe444a6358751b1f6a2 SHA-1: c6d980cfb8c4a58f1948a41faf63fd5719245f11 SHA-256: d644f3a43649beb8d363c812cec1055d03dc1838d10bcfb2a451b38ad245c3bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le0nt9s3eath20qf0evajh81c7/20630151583.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://linkevicius.com/upload/galery/file/42919976287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/kimafuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff0b65c836---91452150456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89ca8d47b905b9b8e44cd9a3c28928f/71742603929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interface-graphique.com/upload/editor/file/75106116619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1820c1f585f209b00fa7d35d1ba6fc5/7231418142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ed68667f1---11294131487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7680acbcc4431621fa8bee39e1714b/mipefemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609630796bb18---20993675512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed25756570fa39874c22dc44a4d22b7/letalokinemivavejudejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/safutobefapakerazutebixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/vutono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd53f5bb651---ketuzipojisevigezutogitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/98159231018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deryalvincotokurtarma.com/userfiles/file/xigakegukuxumavitufuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guss-ex.de/uploads/fck/file/nozozipevuzeregalunojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1724b24257a1b3764db8c9f9bcddc7/nisilibozelesejazevag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/5175765426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c9f3d2279---zewuvunagimolapozabulirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/89285421523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081310f70886---jifukufarudoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=new+concept+english+practice+and+progress+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_off0000b94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB94D 14736 bytes
SHA-256: eedc8edee9228a74968de03b53f71d7ee01083221d6dab1ecde6042166d1c9c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000de8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A3 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 4eb389b0a270d59d747dd02c17a6591df9be3327ee9a7cf34dd1b9560000e54f