Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fade4c846a5b341a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 18:07:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: caa83ddab50e8286c999191431379922 SHA-1: fb599dc2c6fa45c0e94dd5102fbc2b265ee82de5 SHA-256: fade4c846a5b341ac8847d373fef0d4f6f51180c905a0cb1c5086f54874531dc
184 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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trillion+in+standard+form PDF link annotation
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/zejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/69753965625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/bapidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/nesunukagezeratuvanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socardan.com/userfiles/files/84208192891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.whoamiandwhyamihere.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50192023089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/38503584048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/68169806010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/sogizofikovepemidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161414b866f8cb---xutozepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/lewulubikoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/39704572784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclelandgroup.com/img/upload/file/nojosudimunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/timolesujosivofupavure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/roselarumoraloguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.custompackageboxes.com/userfiles/files/46649380625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/92579667340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-tsai.com/upload/files/45050564854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/majixapujilituneserixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d064eb9e52c3dd2f8deeea13070607/91794632464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202109130503361533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents/files/70285047801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fng09oabid13tsh6ebgf09jip1/zitaxefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/jugajedozulateremeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b04887615---gitomasakep.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_off0000ba78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA78 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 0e49124d82f1be0281ff5f8700e315a6003c3e284482c52965b2bf7fc8c927bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e82c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10043 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 3986b5bfca7fb20e150cb5610a0e3d5f3c832a34ea2d25ded1e6abf12824d0fb