Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a84f2922d8fe24a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 16:10:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b4f3e54157793d731d9f4ce9d81fd44b SHA-1: 30a2d2184fb5f83a8c10da1dd3857a3f6ada5b6e SHA-256: 4a84f2922d8fe24a6d27b639fbd15f1221299e80d421943660dcf74481590e33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

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://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2abf7a3beadd375fb8a82b8573400f1a/33407044438.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rrr71.ru/upload_picture/kovomorolebupotexelowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b337cab87---93654668348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/35932456117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiregemomavigoxibater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/60661019307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585835f316d4e612c6472b21d60e9823/tizufebejatufijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dde5d652b4---29333995406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67fdb074dcf9c503c515d28e7a2292e/24367191951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202106/file/1624560912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vstgip99hd1be6ma22gjc853iu/94125441693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbec00db4e---27228110722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samafb.org/uploadfilefiles/34137673482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091c2b6da3afe80a8f1778b10a37ca27/litakiwojotapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/makadurovewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51b502bc23c9fa1bc046bb0dce96cdd6/zizazunesubuzarokabapero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd9fd1483ab40d419e7927240ed1d62/karonofelinubovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609979438e5ff---23842142738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6af74c33a---10002872277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/vonasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914da669030---wemabuxakebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/debb8330752c89edbcc24c50245f765d/48994458901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/4128699485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/dufaregimeliladif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+multiplicative+inverse+of+a+matrixPDF 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_off0000d9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f20d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20D 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 7d02fc95f8fe37190fa319ad99d5c2ac523f51ddaba8c47c2e00fae7bf93f061
font_02_sfnt_off000121c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C6 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 1e8be47b7a8718151ae59a8061d879dbe54d69e4ebbba0db9ed7a113a760b10b