Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e456a48d83c734f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:29:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4b3239f44c67ff029ece8dfb302df2a7 SHA-1: 5e6831662ba9e0375922349ab48a56ff3f5ea3ae SHA-256: e456a48d83c734f99d2c3a7e733e68d6cd3e7523966df45b84fba1ced5372f75
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 CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+curve+text+in+photoshop+2019 PDF link annotation
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774c90785dd---96124500180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118833e77b47e19ddbee27fa5d994c05/15249309765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607314984d021---kuberabavivogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/nuterusesuxebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/4998786014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5634b88216589c58188bd3962d14b10f/wabodubizajanigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7cb649143---36282703057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fdcdf9743cdc5d20e6ef6b30cabf8de/zebadofatijudugotubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibimirofuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fff3a8e855---95284344744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb4c035024---zidusavititiwite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbb100f83e---25734546528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9664a84631---nesuwigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/dilowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feefc34430f8f167a90f2cd1b1fc3b1a/63503535852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalecchi.it/userfiles/files/sezosemusigekudutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f8f373b1b---20827529145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/faxosukevisava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31f27b03db---poxorusufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13951574016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/pamugefile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1f4bb8a7a---xumagafulaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsk12.org/policy/files/files/61851832225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c00581010e---paxokukeniwawibujudotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE086 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 290a2dcfee503539215fff3d22fab73fbbe3acf853cbfbe681c9c7788a3a1270
font_01_sfnt_off00010f6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F6A 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 944418509f1ae9d84ac82cb8e7fa82ecb0ec8bfac96cd69adbba4b9d9a7faaa7
font_02_sfnt_off00012940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12940 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1