Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496df115a99e6f05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 00:59:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: af2b9bcff175266becb7f7d6c2ba6f47 SHA-1: c294158918d03fe7064effb932600baf0e706bbc SHA-256: 496df115a99e6f05db4409429b6b1171a7ef5c09bf14a6bb5a158d98b959f66e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=waptrick+download+gratis+lagu+dangdut PDF link annotation
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/pufew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/24045422033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e10e3e0db---98825097057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acee6619683---kakaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081154cea39e---jijamarodidigakuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826d05fe7bfa39816f094904368ac19e/14458197023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ex2010.com/uploadfile/file/2021072612383873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_E7C85B6CD2658ECD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/40372459780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/73717856080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slf7rfvknb3i0p6qtt365uhla3/41231637109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencohoanghuy.com/media/ftp/file/xigilanaguzajomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutritie-metabolism-sanatate.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nifewalate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/36182302171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c556dd3bd78---given.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5padjpdpv3r9o2u20teesno4mc/zefexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/12885479820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/gixusoxelopakogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87939630179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/rarebofewewinabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skdtfuccrjvrj8jh9egm1ehuh1/15645486472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kontiko.com/ktkweb3/images/upload/files/23645713481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210521091601146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df2991ca2f730123e04ea8f5c7d7b567/75926634567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37478214022.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA3 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_01_sfnt_off0001131f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B36 10828 bytes
SHA-256: d5acfbcd7057dfe5f1cd0ea5dbfa44598785a324687211f105608b7edc0fb400
font_03_sfnt_off00014427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14427 16372 bytes
SHA-256: 4a8790ae9cc76378ab443afde58ca53baa80a189a2fc6e4ec2519aa84f86f933