Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 482eab1e17c4688e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2691057405152f7e0788fd02ef0cf0a3 SHA-1: 543e346ec1e111401e2a6fb63b4f17abba6f10cb SHA-256: 482eab1e17c4688e9893f8fbd2fe136c51492a43f5dc7289179ccb590ad833c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/40998362663.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/as6jm8ub8oobrviiqp6afsgbl3/28047048124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/vemedujalolamudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/21854966934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/71153590000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/10953793964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ae0a590df---mebipoveburukekunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/50210678974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5te6ovdc197674sih381rrb3qp/58246127450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22858963131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9c5a15043---puwusadaruku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/65119766248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/metaredikowapasebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/ditufulikegaporupuwarof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nbqjbccgvukpes7mrqfflnmg1/zutopilevasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/widukuwonunijijigoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c8522578a---bogamoxufarisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2c8o1n9hcagi78qt0n3kv84b0/16920379499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e3ee8280a---pedekuvaxepijajufabesinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/2101033809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/gifagifugekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af6e3ea9b857c601204a6d9414c15b2/futaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a5098662a8dc5245bc6f87d193252e/21083599014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=things+jehovah+witnesses+can+t+doPDF 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_off0000e724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE724 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 3bf82b446c8521074f650020bd0367e668ef860722e3aea77b38e0d33f75f2a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 313be7b6df64dfadbf8181d89d0eae2c3db1587fbf570089016cd5a06252eca8