Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 498d5da34f55cd72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:55:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9fb8cb0f59cc3a4a68452153cdf0ee5c SHA-1: e7527c9b01f7eed7d3051a23742b48e580302596 SHA-256: 498d5da34f55cd728532ad26a949151b9bbd5e3893f05a73f6ad2168c231a591
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/runilemukimagumetewerat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/dibuzegibasazeluzikopefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/58714879139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-menu.hu/editor_up/mamuzaweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/97403729876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac58457cd94---97660098166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogieclassof67.com/clients/71235/File/wixigurukaxodarimekapagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/8863198010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/rezatunowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrgllbhijsv627df1btpp8ekf3/97467981747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qoq5hqhcr8vqapgjl31kpqjbq4/xanopiturubaniwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn5bkk0tbc097qrad7cigs6pu7/87799418965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100bf4863ad5---84846674140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff13713899---99569726971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb19344ee8---50754271038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae654f285a---peruzilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/fotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80b1826921c02f9c3d02ca9f51db2a9b/funobakenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/fodupodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d950b406a---22117882876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9c4071097e8dc4e38d229b85751cb7/pagipesitezilazidigavelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terracetemayonetim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/87080273488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/320de36f7f5a58aadea98b2b314917ff/12953301272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/pokupekirebosivoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fill+in+the+missing+number+worksheet+1-30PDF 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_off0000cb91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB91 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 118a5e7d0628a1ee821f6a8fbeb19033235b149bb105748013ea791d63e0dd48
font_01_sfnt_off0000e58e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58E 18956 bytes
SHA-256: 326ecd31403211175a3e5a045333f87594af19d42a5d907813735b1fdc2ed816
font_02_sfnt_off000116a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1