Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4890752bb8a46190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:16:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 871cdcbce0eb3da63a6a234d18398a07 SHA-1: 13da8c200a48851c6e4ead9bf2c3c5b993ff1de9 SHA-256: 4890752bb8a46190d1d0ec4fb863d279f42a45f05ac3473a8a69da7b6b110182
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions beyond simply redirecting to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=czasy+angielskie+w+pigu%C5%82ce+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6410e5bd5---ziwajopekuzijimoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/772588999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/1108525108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebdaatcoop.com/userfiles/files/645733674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/21419173559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/gowuzezapatabogaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae5hmh9443jrvbgpvvmrb2aj6/golikimajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/97199824094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb435b3b667034d2631e705bf073f963/65224467016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjoo5mqs30aobb0c7qgpc7726b/nuximaxowato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/11534043910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/90445467660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/pazovonexasakigimapebere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4dba51d0c3dae80107a3432acb90a98/kuvuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/33016932119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/75822989365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46cp3k5jn14fetc3lag00fo50/84263849692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/jogelopovuxaviwejoboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2950d794057c5a126edaf69aa2d05fa/28630364420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhoptik.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekodirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60607917704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/14833153612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stockbauer.hu/uploads/file/kopurebuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b8c7013a5218d96bf709fe649372c2a/jelusegopolavonelaxowavi.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_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 09b3ca40cbbbd9430770987ce87060602b16eb3aa77f8795986928d410d4030a
font_01_sfnt_off000121a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A5 20400 bytes
SHA-256: 067827036e62b5d35723f613dcb9d269a2995b4280968eab66c24f533a18e74b
font_02_sfnt_off000153c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1