Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 489ca6d92dc2ab8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 492e7937dc87fea2a5abbe8cc51444a6 SHA-1: c0ff69e342b5c60bee51fe16cae8954c1068eef8 SHA-256: 489ca6d92dc2ab8bc18fb1e5215c157e10749f21de9d293a94aebd891bf4b3d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the embedded links. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a malicious PDF document to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://akgoz.zemta.com/uploads/files/raxawar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/74977571919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleedupark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songod.vn/uploads/image/files/34806992761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/24415583557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/95757637249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/71715969205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/80727404354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/38085903165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/96290444096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oembag.com/uploads/files/202109070511174859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limupukinonogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410df209ab2---sisumuxexipigeditaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/64904712928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atrsara.ir/resource/files/33506632076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/tewodasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunicorn.hu/userfiles/file/felenuwejawatarof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/81849392428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/worof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/zatasijujose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/bogukomolapobemedadutogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metamiwatedofokixopakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137dde88865c---zuzutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/37296555418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363cb91aee1---sawuluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+mechanics+hc+verma+pdfPDF 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_off0000da80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA80 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 31d786c895952f0da7de8fa4d4c0541aa3cdcde87fd0432f9f4ae30aa2aad30e
font_01_sfnt_off00010666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10666 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7D 10944 bytes
SHA-256: f599c66f5c73265c64e8c20772538e0cce8acb26b5b2ee231abf77949b5b3a3a

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