Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 499a33699ad3cddd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 18:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fffdaf8b1a3f37cd24675c7961a253ef SHA-1: 4af815adcefb807a6651f229497a0e72cb019452 SHA-256: 499a33699ad3cddda9f4c26777582108bc030eb73642a0d987d102b9ec162700
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or trojan distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/ In PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076112ff30b1---45227684983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fd8299b91be7271898c99ac5569955/jijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/st0m3sjdmpgtes0bs95vdfoucn/jipujene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9423532089---45589376162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/tukububesikotetuxisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727fdceca60---95445531140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45a4492e64---57958825073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a318620535aa8c8515c2894fc2ad8161/8127945997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/314a95d3ecc796b58d11f7cd1636dde3/13323045687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/53741289807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad51f51d137f26e8ab7b8d65e763a14b/5586488488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/lodede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d268e11098a43460318f4fe0e6b3b4d1/32316244348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/24267275512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18b1ca3ba1dff174eb2218bd37d2099/20839242990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/49318642755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njf724.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/berabemerovuriku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e474c03bf---misudakusujuluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/golopuvubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/dopakizakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+calculator+for+trigPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba3fc9119c2c524c350db81c1ab6318/zagorisozofotoxegiwuv.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_off00014066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14066 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0412312c2f500adade11de52391d4caadcd2ce5d585886e43a1290cfa2fcca
font_01_sfnt_off00015889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15889 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 909f4ecc12a2f6c7aa51aafde6d2a120d67349b853d1e24e7271ca8bdfe2aa4e
font_02_sfnt_off00018ac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18AC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1