Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 482202487311040b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-07 16:41:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 03ee37847d21a030e70bbf3be5a2933d SHA-1: 205ea8eaf6f7e00460e3aa8392c7dcc2804882cf SHA-256: 482202487311040bad2cc03e7411594feef75aeb4ffa32459c9cceae6ed4bd48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JS and external links points to T1059.007 (JavaScript) and T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment) as the primary attack vectors.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab59892216---nuguriraz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202107210655211809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/83535354328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/suburokidexupaleluvoposob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21902fe8577c8c53d43ef5f18f27e5a4/70504577878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuranaxotazozuwagubewuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/4870904757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/xebuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0ec75cdbb---buzokobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/33169391335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc097caec4---58522884602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnomatec.cl/upload/file/kafidotasaxijumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0590a2d43---23519079086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25fc2b3406---27183657603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9dc440e5c---28339326869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3600a679a83eb724e5a5cbb66d75c9fa/5273293684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3632b58afd---bukofurufesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d29507cd4ffefbf281b1174ec139b36/totudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/timiraxavulagesamilapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/lakube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/vetebukunipuxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab576eb38f48ea477fd534d4c7a8e431/potafaguvawekimotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/wakafixufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/kawujuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavimijizufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a15dddf5b---viviburuzexata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smle0tljtsb9s62gt4sb3epg3c/sidusifolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+pdf+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000f56b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56B 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb9304b8cf05ba3622f7e566a0b9ea06b63ac355258dc516ab32f09e8ec04d2
font_01_sfnt_off0001220f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A26 10684 bytes
SHA-256: d879b7c990912fa76b1e388b240a98e4b4e9b1c4808af21f1aa3d790f55fad0b