Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496f892bef18d03b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

170.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3f6b4aef344cf3b7b858ca1e58846928 SHA-1: ff50065cc41f6e918eba95f99cdcf09c7c4ab5cb SHA-256: 496f892bef18d03b238d212334b33c8dec634b7de0098e817525aa2cff3a0ff8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58129509612.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8037dd645---64029543079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608068c225fb1---latuvizigepunigimifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79023100465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtq6l3gpe00oui1gue5ghe128o/zaxuzulosuzasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prof-cosmetics.com/upload/files/31094950108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607a6103e5480---xefopojadigopaxodoxabelik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berkeleyhigh64.com/clients/9/99/99a482d4bd0dc5522cc24ea7f8204a07/File/riwajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f9607e420f23c9c5eacac9a4b99e15/24207405532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/bonarobinedibamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/watinotolusipuwigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e1fa91f58---xipogunobigogokizasozusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/81659150459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/78791836579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63163894922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113c209e93c6---remizixowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/49153364272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m04p9nobtadsqqf7ehh76dpo32/jesaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50554706d474b531dcece5555c7593a4/73584209197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74ba367a750791c9ad59729cc1e36c8c/jilifuwawugobitubepigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/75312719679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608576b4630b1---xeviganuteleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+tinkers+construct+best+weaponPDF 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_off0002378f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2378F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00024fa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24FA1 19144 bytes
SHA-256: ba589ad13f0894d17990705219ef5a17556d61c20b3ff74d8fcc10ed8b6c9fb7
font_02_sfnt_off00028192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28192 10840 bytes
SHA-256: dd904214cfacd7373596e5df214e98eafcf51e30ff323f7f9c4594b6216ef0bf