Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3ba2248abff492…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:25:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 19f9d2704ba663e0cef3934b6d412f99 SHA-1: e6e5b1e9ff0e51a81595a91550341f923fef40ff SHA-256: 4a3ba2248abff4922c18736751dbb9e07d47049854356f607dbdfd378b39ffb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm likely used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially serving as a downloader or exploit trigger.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=and+so+on+in+spanish PDF link annotation
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/52908516703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/49292333552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b7cc13581---57326119670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/20274935697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078deb881e0a---babuvugamafolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e65a44924e2422602a6553e98aa2fc4/51941005923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/47821494619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/nuvutijesateketalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff5f0cfd2d34481e0cbb820da1270c31/49515139360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210627200507_ey25m0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/lifuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80lup82o3no6pg4af6s9f26b92/ziduvixefisabunivusobawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anquocrealty.com/uploads/image/files/53890846287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8133490eda5a1d20640e977a685165/neriguwilajedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db821633f34a345356737408ab5027fa/89082980547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f7b936bff---xobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fa448249c---rurebebefokirefefifugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b600ccb4bd1---wosejejipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praxis-greve-polley.de/web/editor/files/tibegimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cebaef263e---55431708874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/36966550166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/judepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56f344b78217f3d87f7a863966e92a0/migoxajodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/561b9cd21418ab44f2628a7c7351c2e7/90761588180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb2a0eccfd---32434362951.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_off0000fc7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7B 10092 bytes
SHA-256: 7e928da84a20c30e06d29b9905759aa0dca3920beb07dd98b1d33f1f78778c20
font_01_sfnt_off000112d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D6 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 26f3eaab4db4ea4185b66cdcc1c463c36be9ce586a66346078bb1e4a219b3a86
font_02_sfnt_off00014238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14238 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1