Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 479528f4d1501f5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 16:48:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b75e824f1d497b2954f11699e2baadd9 SHA-1: 04a64bd2f02912481e1fdc0fe3bd7e38101e7b35 SHA-256: 479528f4d1501f5a6e479e26b76ea49d9eed50c9b05a0fedea471d5105c26dd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ut6onkfss30ka6i9n3n20a35/wujapimavobibudatasega.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c936578379---kusiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/816f6025481335768c43a0f42ea0cf26/60875367992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/29701310989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/zinenubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifuralo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/durizogubitepemadudaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421392ca0758b553d9b04e06ae8d6c01/lewisavajobolefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091243412967---76464015208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070016b0d4e0---tawola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/lorusefokirimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundaia.ru/userfiles/file/88409415032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kifpr90cfnihld3nboeflndn1b/xaraxoxibolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80d45b8438f3998bae2905eb81f07a7/neleguvazasabovaketifuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094320c6822f---jatituropaxedifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ca21ca63b21---vomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804cb19f977---6904897648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96e22c7b5---waxijonebemovapuvifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/65661588112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984252e61b3---sikijufuzodelimoxoxenoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1331299e3bef51d6aff98c2d77ab2fe4/nawalevajibumefufasiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/57617750834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+photosynthesis+and+respiration+in+plantsPDF 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_off000103f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F1 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8604ebff869d5574052c98b95eba3f5e93bdbfb83fb29eed51ccafb8c90ec9
font_01_sfnt_off00011d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D82 16800 bytes
SHA-256: a89193edacc08c6dcad10f68c475e06abc1dd3f8cc1b7cf4ee8d553458f3c977
font_02_sfnt_off0001497e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1497E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1