Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f844a455aa3e1046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:31:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1619a0c6e8ed02ded1388926783f4a5a SHA-1: 98a94cb50270d6dbb0c2050392c8ed05d47f8e01 SHA-256: f844a455aa3e1046efd3d95bfea9b8ed80ab4b32942e8ec990e0e6ebbfe86f08
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for further exploitation. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=authoritarian+leadership+style+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/52137818283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/10573978705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/42164834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/rovekewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60223558f---muwujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3gue8535sto50ealpp3dnupliu/nujatiwagufexagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/41327142901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otsvub1nsspff0e6ad38eh7u72/temej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifithalat.com/resimlerfiles/19706505764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/315119e0f720c04a7978595d7beba543/43472041616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/84461355044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavio.su/files/file/jewawetalapadagajuguxowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e860aa17484c5faa9b9a4f0fb1638a58/nuzalekagotowuzekowate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/44961405780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84328ec2a68fb39c20fc6db3aceb523/98702121394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalater-macecek.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupokanotewonejekutoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43561693499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49263439913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33619144970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769a3ed50b5---kujukosuwetiwoxezamuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf546659d6680e9d2c92993fad2b2fe/xifizaruluzegamojaxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/57850039629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/84437871370.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_off0000dc6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC6C 17652 bytes
SHA-256: b855c7f2a51369a927ddf2eb939bc81d2ed5f12e362427cf227a4c64049b282d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE8 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 36a9733b1f72efe517e22c7bd4a70def2aff9eb78a01961ba7ed19b4568c33cf
font_02_sfnt_off000123c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1