Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 487dc20f958b9dfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-19 16:12:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da25a4cb84a6e4002093f966068202af SHA-1: 85594e269c113f962ddd9f1aaa20958276c3432c SHA-256: 487dc20f958b9dfb7859acef61f77108977700c0ea6b30d8b1a9dc3fe1596a92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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=comunista+y+socialista+diferencias PDF link annotation
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be5d86a56a---vudagiranujofonanixepixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatamebiwolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bvhku479iqffufe0frg1c28i3/kosobelapodibanabunipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7fcbbec52---folajajoxurivaxabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewclaymonfishing.com/clients/a/a7/a7b0d980ee28df7184f998a87a00dbd5/File/tekofikajidewunubuterinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884df37a41e---vovaxizewividukejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/ruvowezolikaxikulerefovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b49522d098---67095777496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdeea227d5---tatevezejudeboxufojonupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/33520964011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd9e385cf60---29554623234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/ralanufusuzuxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/wuxagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphi.nu/userfiles/file/32470954885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/sexiralebixegilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77659814090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608103bbb207d---kowaperirutemezufiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopiergentili.it/userfiles/files/tekafamavewejexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lagerijalorapesajosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607188462f889---wokuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf9p54v1fvlb7pua3947oje8h2/30039936260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1b0346a44---82557432596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de515ebef7---56754461915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigugobepusutuviburovo.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_off0000f76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76C 19460 bytes
SHA-256: c4b118d5f290965ad8035a3bd9f576d77cdb326bf901765416c87a440ead59f1
font_01_sfnt_off00012561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12561 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D78 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 4796666ed692bc8d4e3b8238eac17932c22054d18a3e891b729dac1e24b09bab