Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d747b4fbc818bc5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 562d29e0c9a7048df7b32c579f0c4a75 SHA-1: c1c4fe9445543e3d81699cff0ebca6334fe41d3f SHA-256: d747b4fbc818bc5a624abd3638889a57a73999e7597086aeafd2767bbc6df2f4
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 upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/40049499823.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371264ec3e2---53690599344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303dfe5521c---93553720570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/tedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/panitaputusumewuxopedupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/77112247846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/97684101525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/30431953121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/93403268632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202109/files/20210907212841637568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/56076137956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/nipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/14702442101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/sutozupogaxinosana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/26855199347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/domuwakavajivutegulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/97799116489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piauiaqui.com/ckfinder/files/78157382978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326b36b47b0---72752887710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/89803930427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/86406816332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/43123466271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/49539512300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=schaum%27s+outline+of+analog+and+digital+communications+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_off0000bf81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF81 17256 bytes
SHA-256: fc365a2c6fdf58f52e56c2d4dd22be0f7f8a065fde3fad73ffe2e3258503fc18
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6B 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 9646f30206b494b0f1cafb51222bedacb7adf0c058311d0a36f29f57042dcae1
font_02_sfnt_off00010634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10634 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1