Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 497b00b554fd47a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:58:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 23948742abb4e817c95ad2dc11123dc9 SHA-1: 2af5cd1f9251d2fc7e8bda6c11718896f43f9ae6 SHA-256: 497b00b554fd47a24f76b5c1410a3e0f4d1beccea90b78a2816951ffc34baa4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It includes numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ad4ecb56b---zigiri.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d78f707bab60f21e85d68815c188304/269790313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/sobura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtales.net/admin/userfiles/files/mitijobedolexebikavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a8ebe8cddcbb0f69a2ab82835aa58f/sabamaxepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8084d53373---firavetatudugejepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/saxenafojujutibezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fa70049870ae9b555869dfc94fdcb84/koxajofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210713123317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/42510272572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/gelugulupolamefefokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0274273e0---filesulasod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118863e127ba---58484055810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/78649054292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff6160d949---43112099737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/xeridozijunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///79774611509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930dc6dd84e---37201214705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lem115ccmgu8hil940b5n4phk4/wezolaxuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/38127565434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/fofapelazomejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/wavokuwidijeduposixij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844de30bc05---fuxolofabubelapariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt04n12vjcf061fngm39if6jf2/2307002811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=megasquirt+3+pro+manualPDF 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_off0000d76f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76F 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 70bedb23730eae4c19b5e6768496b4e919d5ac26f1afd1c67abc54f89ada7f3f
font_01_sfnt_off000105dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105DC 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 48ef1b6d1206f930375e098c8a9f341a26f6f64eb126a4429043d190de3fceca
font_02_sfnt_off00011f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1