Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd4280b1b09d2e39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a4687a878de83b5991907d4cd71b1b66 SHA-1: f0c9b0f22cc6d83b11f0bce174cacef97a2d5c7e SHA-256: fd4280b1b09d2e39bafcc64913d46aac45790d6fe11039fe61f4b7c3c5d296f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to execute malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/22661014083.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/danaminuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352702067d9---gomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49514081494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/58858108086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents/files/xifagixofamimufaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovojob.com/userfiles/files/busogakiwenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/97959504180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/58936432335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/35703859580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/botegusesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/majabosusurezigizemafutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef151907d5---lusuludofawivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stomerijindex.nl/images/uploads/nafokatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109010847356020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/kokisuxipajugufitotanumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210914104600950692n9j6n.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truck-transport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72510608785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d4d03ca49---jefuribitatamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/geriberej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57884324354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/dirazesejasijunugasonujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwivufotiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1agcmh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemuvabufubujupumivumelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.kocgrafik.net/upload/files/74377489695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=make+it+with+you+free+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000f5f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F6 18716 bytes
SHA-256: 5a74c8bae637e6892b31c732f812ee2f0329931daff680e1650900b8d97aeeef
font_01_sfnt_off00012639.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12639 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 0dc729cd5794bf785b6fd64ca69082509a58e57abd1e6396975d0da6c71dc543
font_02_sfnt_off00013ea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1