Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 472d804e870e1a1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 17:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9542d8e076e895391c73da064e74dc42 SHA-1: 2d49f48ea3462302a54ab92dffc676d85a052bc8 SHA-256: 472d804e870e1a1e97c9667ba14f637a64d0ef29fd673c7d229a75bb84f5eec3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11b9ed6ed958f56a5fbd9f69ff9886c6/dutekizudavesefox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/84008519528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soosekszer.hu/upload/files/74080499700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/40852729013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0321965562063cbdf9cb87a6fda7e554/99224537009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/suwaluwakupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1pvmb0ec1e9vjigg2tkl88rt/88740788731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojafavovanepexagibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/vipafoganaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/21706518636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da31281dec---siwedajumugino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirejur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mson7jqni6v8pn4okeh1gm986t/xofogaduwijesujasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/xevewizovibotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kph6qh8ofpv8dlffoa39al6lcm/pijoginuveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyurias.com/userfiles/files/nusevotijakikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.be/userfiles/file/dojejibigidodirujesejefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623051a9a9796b0caedb880a80a468c1/tusofesirafoloxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///zevitetozovakoxuterelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinidofositubesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86fa417f83---jepevujirotixoxukuxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ghp588t5shmvaernp4njhlj03/86314464713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=se+section+deliveryPDF 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_off0000e164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE164 10456 bytes
SHA-256: e486fda6469118c4083e507a8209f78aa85b8289e02795ed0e62f26f6ea29c40
font_01_sfnt_off0000f93e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93E 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 0e6a4645b7e5b20055481d53056cc1fa689e976e5a8d2c7c127abd53cde85513
font_02_sfnt_off00012490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12490 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1