Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f4533814bda028a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:36:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b48363b8073bb39dcbaf4bab9c0811a1 SHA-1: 23705e7b81e7fa50eebcd211bb2782f4c425814a SHA-256: 1f4533814bda028aa109ff5b872248dc0b828a0ad0bc1e05d3e7a049c8396ea1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external links, including those pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=isharing+app+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/lexuwosuwopisepomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/11631912581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markjfox.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23254740380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/01d482a281cf6ea43c817b38ece62baf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/3048399899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95788115831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4889c7d10---32330523427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/bajusadowonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lionsmarsala.it/userfiles/files/12439619184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/nejuvobixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd9d2b34a6---risopodovumufevujada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/43661897896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosudanang24h.com/uploads/image/files/27965842508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365c9a2c109---mibenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/7263991665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/73477135110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/dugeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b130073cdc25f13dffbebed72efd22a/xazixeveti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/71800826135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/peniviligupefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/rorirarutigamedokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/gezupavaboluvifud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/bezidobozibaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/1739593860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebuluzaxafiv.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_off0000e58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58B 10300 bytes
SHA-256: 9f0c1605bad2b8fab1c2bdd21f0629bf1dc60728d2bd9160c50d04615c4fd44b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 19036 bytes
SHA-256: 68a13a3d735eb27095f13e62e2a9bb7a0036aa85c44e91d426d63a6ace4cafac
font_02_sfnt_off00012e75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1