Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f457cae79f807881…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 346f6c78e5768f6a50c6287cbaf30887 SHA-1: 17d426f1c66cac8a666e1c095612e260f4e49d3e SHA-256: f457cae79f807881bfebb652f0345a11beb8772dbcbb89d48285516bc1c603ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised CMS sites, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a common tactic for distributing malware through seemingly legitimate but ultimately compromised or disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=human+resources+job+description+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d52c1de480e---36289443954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/jevosikulufegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menafundinfo.com/userfiles/file/22720179312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79901846245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/42129512619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/mofubofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/92827816070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/wofexoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cce420ad6---xajafesipomugigarase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himanshikitchen.info/viking1/uploads/files/kesukajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvi43bkf22jrn2tcpl6qu0i9o7/18635611410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210815172104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rifuvinofavikuwubukigosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/fobegazevizisokenozigovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk20m8829tidlpq3tmime0als1/35257420760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/jojekodavarati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/mevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f2749a4de---nalexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/80745613347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/63342958181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/79179631181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ab263b776b---nexibowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18def18af5b9375c79be2a563279c961/70037039861.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_off0000d502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD502 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED19 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 7802377c5681144945b993c75cbcbad212dfca3ba980e820f7fe32f16735dd13
font_02_sfnt_off000106a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A8 17916 bytes
SHA-256: b72d7751c91ea1332df8a5ff79f0dcffce5cb4691cbda3f984b50d58f31dd9f6