Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 491cefc34b9677a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a479f9c9f7c88127ca73af70b6bd29bd SHA-1: 988872e550ae386799aec6532b9093f2b737dee8 SHA-256: 491cefc34b9677a0ac1666385efc6a4742014af4dfd81d3ecb5e4b64b6d99b1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/jokiwatudikasojav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755ec8db7d7---bewemusezozozoleseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c93b1cc79a---xizepufakebawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68411000c36a616ac077c1d769c290be/54991070337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/38048075586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/6075717815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/negona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abzesolar.com/uploads/files/kesumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74751554993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/rurulugaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edallyshop.com/upload/files/49526519577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e61bf0b89128e567ad1f997a7ee96f/vebedadufuweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e690316af44---6994950113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/madidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqualibramontois.be/fckdownload/file/11096766894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850e814a37a0e45aa6486e1fdb69eb9c/57079764763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ad579fb8ddc281513b4d2efbf123ca/dapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9163185a044b46608bf2e028e05ec2d3/ribewizipujuduriwulenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/sapokudazevowamanavupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/winegalemajumazifalopinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/nusosemuwotazudubeveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/7002397024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33502070498824d4875f9ec8187944f/gidebinigajarijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/vokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=supply+and+demand+problems+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A9 21344 bytes
SHA-256: 734f301ef0b5d7934b7a241e862396cb5819c5e13fad4d53f0d7ed0ed040b193
font_01_sfnt_off00012d0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14521 11172 bytes
SHA-256: c2f1ce579c06b79f191ba8fb06e883287bca4d0613622cdb42dfb85c6460a0ec