Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b4d4695c187f9fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 11:57:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1328b65739370122825c8e087c2be2af SHA-1: 87dd739dcf000843f8cd906776bb5bd38e2814bc SHA-256: 1b4d4695c187f9fb641811452a8b6384312a7c66dd3a40d190c2734c4453badb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+gacha+life+app PDF link annotation
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/2021629144858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51830c6f9ec17456c4a73785a4302d3/pipadafokiragobonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8d64f1879---71078575275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/98940963106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/mosume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f8247e89bde04100ac2fb51c486bc4d/dusafugakuxarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/virebezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc0vmjfr8ogtji5h5e74keeqv5/ninugagegopunabunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getawasofuzone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notemasojivepadipafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/vakimirevofuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t5a6t569f1lqh87sqk534l6u2/56019402273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cc3716bbb---18293736618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/madere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/3369800185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82db07005b---1096372862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/99151580471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e89041618cf---kobasezibuwifaxogizago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/165dae451856475d50976d72e91c218c/tafokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da7e651cbfc---viliwerefuviduxowagiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda2764fac1---wiropuzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///vidoravexulimorujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b457706da---68667290313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/zuvew.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7E 16324 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca7f33d6eab45fac5b8aaa06550378dc2ad130fe9aa33f2c93ac02ca5970b46
font_02_sfnt_off000115d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D1 10428 bytes
SHA-256: b6eab86a02b7c38754795b7e601acaf7a7e5a4c6802b7cc36c9fe5cf8f9cd9df
font_03_sfnt_off00012d9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9A 16968 bytes
SHA-256: dc12e66f72bddb67d5a080367e1d107b7168f0c545969ef1fa8e4eea6b7004e9