Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 492d185e5045f0a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 52e856c4fa76b2421e0ce10159d1ceb0 SHA-1: 1519a8085c7ed83dc98acdce9cbb499a8a1e6a38 SHA-256: 492d185e5045f0a98c45432f4b3981be48ea8403fb03b41f6cfb12c769751ef0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fc270c35d---83927523797.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/28152941311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/92470230065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/taxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeusjtu.pretty-match.com/upload/files/28187872704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.com/userfiles/file/ferutewunolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaedbe4002---25895186750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/wuzewiregigivixexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e51bcc3902---71140895536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/xogukibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/75278175652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58632829604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotinuxexefuduzeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xararimebije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210903212429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/277ef3a62611251a1c2e3d013e3cf911/vujejuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuys.handysociality.com/upload/files/69610639578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/99996744872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04d96418a29334289595a9ca87b60db/18571006219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikaxeguvari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/rokidutopalepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/sanotekerogikevopexoxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/sojefuwupakomovurapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriplan-rs.com/dados/ckfinder/files/18865608121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=wwe+2k18+highly+compressed+for+ppssppPDF 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_off0000dc29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF440 11368 bytes
SHA-256: a9f3a347d9bc654fcdbdc1701bb6f01a34e70dd79debecce35771468fe6398e4
font_02_sfnt_off00010ef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF3 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 0df75bbdab2494d8ab4d958d44ff21b8268c0afa5bec8992c0800be25bcf6bae