Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1904019b2c57f207…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 4b8c970aa04530461d1997d720f2c867 SHA-1: 3b262b18921768aff62423ac5a21e0f63d8f251d SHA-256: 1904019b2c57f20794298203459d65c195eed49782e8d910f451376ca0fe8da0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to host or redirect to malicious content. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' firings strongly suggest malicious intent, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mx+player+online+web+series+games+movies+music+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/9029135734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/ruvaxabiredotokolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/22472438939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents/files/43277475131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/16549422646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/lulexoluwezobibolajexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dawnraytech.985.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/69181385106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edbdd49f59---libawabisixame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/98462157288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vespaclubcagliari.com/userfiles/file/30143557663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/ruveda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movingalpsfoundation.ch/userfiles/file/29706906486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecourbe.dk/userfiles/file/95094057040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluorescent-training.com/file/badixafatezokezewaleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vefivenoxafatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimkhimientrung.com/uploads/image/files/78986529170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9af4879d8c0a130e0f1d9d762355c524/dipudadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/81457640187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridoxufojiruxakisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/14738698625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614099df610c4---67639399773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/wozetiniromopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af8f47021b---jolodolizeverikuxulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/36638678537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.socksnbows.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxogizenewelomajoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/filebatopozojapesalom.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_off0000ba44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD256 14976 bytes
SHA-256: 81f432424f8132277b9a66911073b5217a5626ea63ce078459cb250eab2e57b0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f838.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF838 11452 bytes
SHA-256: f37ca0ebb31dba7c235083975e6ace83c89ce8e7e566bba6b181bf5f11e80794