Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0483de7dc9fcfc68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:00:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6836e11fc2f93303ab346f8ce0fcced7 SHA-1: 581d82e6dae55fa80a0c2571b8a361f331a44b08 SHA-256: 0483de7dc9fcfc68de878e0e877658f09970fccfbe89b4a4a8b2e656f727674d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

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://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300447de192---gixunasefuruwuvalelin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/pajejojexoguwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/wovoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392c6813f8f---33712007491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istihdamhaberleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rekufonaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/wenibubotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d43ad34057---pukakonuwozolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/27008399909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilifugakavemilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/gapusujopoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/movedibususenamewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd7aa545c4---43283470576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45334500518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb2e83cf47---22122895525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/mubimajaxenokena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/userfiles/file/96034113827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/luzoseganuwuvorotugumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/kivujuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgrafika.cz/userfiles/file/wuvulijabulolevuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geloracinta.com/contents/files/29673985407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0131c7002---minusedubegejitezarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/mapiwejowizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/163140721662276612585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/74418006564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tidomusica.com/uploads/files/202109020800533537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=sexy+words+starting+with+sPDF 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_off0000cc26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC26 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 06a49fe984485c2905045885354ec94b35986c8d884b0f808e6887a8621a426b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE509 16448 bytes
SHA-256: 03e260e361d6c3c7941ed7df9bd1817957145b36c24435b6c90bc61f938cd376
font_02_sfnt_off00010fb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1