Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a2bbbdecba50aa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7bad7239db8a75153ad1b18989cdb786 SHA-1: feb55c18dabce495b6252d510a3e3fca35ccce30 SHA-256: 4a2bbbdecba50aa61f4d7a9d4d0898a8ba1ab482286e986e1e4d3a985e0141ac
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 link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+tubemate+to+download+videos PDF link annotation
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/5569211635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b92077a1f---77607584934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210915202922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/50324220121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomgiongvip.com/uploads/files/file/17085233205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefedesivafixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/69181959579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/sosimaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/048cacb38b718d78ab7ee28f54318c0f/2757120486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/95593401924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4765807403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/75835411066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72bv9ei6fr5pi0v193he0k7t54/64857692089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/18317284687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/31835154296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergakiland.ru/files/files/86967494300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villamishkan.com/310renonew/front/images/files/17380371150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613521f956eaf---sosubepivuzamiteneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sushmitamukherjee.com/fckimages/file/46939998720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/21600341836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3eeefae169f7ed2c4b98dae0575ea88/vovavugudazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/25204733188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1apigroup3.com/contents/files/pedunabopukodulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/38042183995.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_off0000d953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD953 17584 bytes
SHA-256: a67c8ef9de54e99d6300815ecd4960050b9d764f880f532d6bbdeaf9a90cba1e
font_01_sfnt_off000106db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF2 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 861c8b083578956a794f8be2093feb87160314bd0a95e8b30a141a06c00e9e7b