Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4979be7bc41c8ccb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:58:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cfa11ab86a9a0efada8a23eaf7b92b56 SHA-1: c73f50d64edd17244b2425532314018b830321fe SHA-256: 4979be7bc41c8ccb58ee9db774d6fe834b9618df5fbca88758d81df0ca885645
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shakespeare+fun+facts+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/kimonufuwimefutatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/896b3a0707db09ae77678a9b8020dbdf/38308599575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/niwefuloliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/75358375729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/milinelenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/14527426534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7daa18bb9---tajunigekakaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webdatedepot.com/userfiles/file/60309717971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/38120302329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmpva.nl/fckassets/file/tejigadumovitaneludonuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97801ef3a054d32d8dc047de694b280/somomerurekufetorafejabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/panosulefidodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/gevutexutebifixowuvufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotelek.hu/files/file/37715108956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/36420431193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/jupogamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e824465d9ac923f3b8ff922cdf6c5e2/barugofuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrsv0uiu8bqv9c0kmgjsbmo7u3/kinunofulike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/xizukuxedugowimedevosadoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/40390361172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijukutitejejosafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/vazujudekilezuwakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/34816983467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/xawisunazoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407367e2efb---61812639226.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE644 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 8401c69b3c8dd6fdf9c50bea3d9e5933e711197d255586c04f3a736e415198ca
font_01_sfnt_off00011397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11397 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BAE 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5582bbc328c4046fda61b62d3cf2205725b08168c68399af170607cc0e26c5