Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 484f297ba97cef77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:04:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1960bf4400a477f079bf3ff5ca132592 SHA-1: ec2bb6f68c191f9efe3f8b41247dcb996789c37f SHA-256: 484f297ba97cef776fe6838e8f75a26d75404e2a42cba641ea10938a2301bec9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicates a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further the malicious aims of the document, potentially by redirecting users or downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anybooks+mod+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2cf28a2b2e5101b9fda87f9f4b1eb4/15876098517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac313707894---devupawugedijekitosimevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/jilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/61535585185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd4f713bab---52361328871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64c27eb4af---98931556381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd4faedf9---mamozesudunene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/buforivapotedopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e892d2019---bavuvotuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/23755490917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0023baa75265328569c98c601892c551/21413328464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/gopajalipupuvenuwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/51009604132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f477f6c979---79555179178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61bc62e661b5ae013890026f487098c/muwafoduwewoxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/90517077774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0da5e259d---30753247324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c536369a375---vuvekafemagemutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9b20acc4a---75081411094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/57632161740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e794152d92e78dc1c3a9fe4d789d52/41535921159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc873d03f1---56537136524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26477b1234998a4351161a46092c54c9/nusekewemofozelivapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32985996927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/bebuzal.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1B 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 299ae701c15a86cfd19c061e3c453df07e70b61766dd1b404be7ff47d8fba4f2
font_01_sfnt_off0001061f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061F 1660 bytes
SHA-256: 34d899b9f9c8ea0b523fc0886b696d6f55cd3a83312b2ac1290801ec1505b895
font_02_sfnt_off00010e00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E00 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 22744d39e91f4d12e2c9412c35770e6d1c9e6b7b5de6b8c5c807135c8e6d18a3
font_03_sfnt_off00013c07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1