Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 486a613c1d98eea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 19:11:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 228def83ce934bd4594fd8e626fde335 SHA-1: ae6ca813348f9a24727860bf3919441aa0623a31 SHA-256: 486a613c1d98eea3b41ab5712ebdd93d2040dc83020a5dfc0433687f7d1b4818
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggest a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=el+angel+de+la+%C3%BAltima+oportunidad+libro+completo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f980146d28---gezinilakolinude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/lanowivalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e6383a20f---99129080467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levakov132.ru/userfiles/file/penivafixujakunenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/50450498652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77039690703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115916688613---larawiziwezadexarenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/20553831371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/45347423407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/91671750372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8067f8530a---71542495753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35dbe23e16ad7b784aaac0a909d5c1b3/2766076307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20e3678511---88501348345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/89287774372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjdudr42jj1shcdeqrr1jsrknt/puvasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safe-international.com/userfiles/file/duvuramavokukaruvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/kozoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df896dc3621---26597698513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45d129b403dc7f1a61864c8e7dc57004/87214481419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dade5fbb750---biruwetakotuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78c6348911---31624365334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/napu9e5otk7f0fpq5l447e0f85/2314192822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/gezoxizopixulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b33cb23fd---4842393230.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE719 16704 bytes
SHA-256: ebe81ebf02c0c14d6a5b2f18dcf804e69f6992b9d0529a82c8cc11e17738eb73
font_01_sfnt_off000110e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FC 11136 bytes
SHA-256: d5911beaecd1f153ef688c441c9e1f1347372e1a6ae88d99daee7c6801919aa0