Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4239d48ec6a48b7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:01:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 362037410c7072ca176f415e23931921 SHA-1: c18d1df8ee67e68c22b77303ce0c9cdb0dbbe39d SHA-256: 4239d48ec6a48b7cb81246318bb4e2148fe909e63c3e061dfc1f312df782637e
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. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure or redirector. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=infecciones+bacterianas+en+el+embarazo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f6e4ea55cf1---65358825309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161239bb7dd941---20212432306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lip9gd7i5sfktmijfm0k7kj66/natosipideror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b26d37d2a6---67092677301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da56lo6520hljv6e6f5qre7a8v/53462565547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7p5sm1qcv7iaqa5kobiusncgu/71437685625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/70625824386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/59101892781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2485b482f547633ebc97de2fbf4e68ab/wofupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516134437490331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/17538045060bc612800f68.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7vmbgpl64u26bsrgr27l00hcg/4566699942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dowinawagonowaxexigavoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246b2545dc12df4942fffd2085bceb27/faximuditadumevibobaguzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/77964355230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/gasirobadaniwudoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/ci/userfiles/files/zirofumakumizufezulamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcpitiorvv73fu970na9b8spmd/69425751173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koddous.com/userfiles/file/36223807278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81692813191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0816a3fbd3---dedujufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/1048641296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/wemapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608154e718d90---falasimo.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_off0000e84d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84D 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 23e07d11b4fc741d9a8076473265944cf73605afa5d028b51860a941fe345e9a
font_01_sfnt_off00010171.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10171 19660 bytes
SHA-256: d5fa5a3bcfb3d4d6b47888eb109b7783884254bbdf022f604f00af3c46a1e179
font_02_sfnt_off0001339b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1