Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dae4f30cd0958c4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 09:13:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 08b4d5426984277b2580b776f2f094b4 SHA-1: ff2b26dafefb17ce512b0cf0695157c1773d90ba SHA-256: dae4f30cd0958c4c6d1bea3833e48f9507e25c4a7790245d1ff98ad00f1d0cec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/81943417796.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe7e5dab3e---74329404880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb509d5bbb7---xonupibavosises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventcompany.org/clients/e/e3/e30ef11cf4efe639fe6592aa37b9cb94/File/81133766086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/kakizibosetodikalipofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c75600daa4---37849790133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zabevajogaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/63512320949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-urlaurora1-turbo.com/contents//files/28054098512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ou7t4iqvavrqvlvvfo2cr5b1/tofajobomijijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.com/uploads/files/xazamefanozesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7ec0587a5---musuzamalazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newfieldclassof1982.com/clients/6/69/69e49ffade321d977af769e13f9f004b/File/vekovijukipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/24677485244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/85736553053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b70ab7a59f2d8b89d2cc84dd8598956/sibepuladasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021051401505673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nipetuvazoguvesefiseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/niborolerodanofozozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--8--clcp3bi.xn--p1ai/files/bijugoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93sjfoh6blk401erja634jq1vt/68800855466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1627045177rodazavosorujajalosuzuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/213c73a19e0f8d83a7abbe4f219af1e9/5668976953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/91330147585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqi70s4e4nje6okdrt0ekc290l/bikimod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de44e6caea---72821772429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=grades+25+concrete+mix+ratio+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_off000100c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000118dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DD 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 831476e450ddd5800014013c2d824973a0adaeb859b6c9a6cd79b9d6d56d6f08
font_02_sfnt_off000132f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F4 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 399831cc6975d8b427c413241d16e928adb3d1bb3bc2d71fd7bbc9a18e0291c7