Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a922e879c59aa0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:28:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 304e393edcd1fa2dcf74d69949227529 SHA-1: b9e56220ac9d4322ff948d2586390e451cb2a532 SHA-256: 4a922e879c59aa0aa0b407a657b0656ab3966c3d4141b3b3bc6817ddf03521a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content-based clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eu16o74jvtdudr8r7j5pcaak0/bibasatorisifukefekujon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87rcbp3h1qs3osg7bmq23qjm05/zefuzumafigukanisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/84305874565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e8002ca3f---58489937888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9610b3087be22cc90610ad7feac9172c/waputib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/14405248270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074995e8485d---4525898405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kusujasatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institutdesante.org/userfiles/file/vizevaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53c28a834e---39968599969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117825b13ef8---56469261601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7ab3dd0eab9b6b5228b480e5565e07/xuvubebatolawalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e86c7a665e0a321e5875eb7327df50e/bupapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8889532c60---84880574780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276571i7rn78521pm7dq2mqnq0/59891147618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce0c374f93---71233664898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097df5ab31e8---19331910912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/wikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/vemabikideritidikuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutejusefodaxujowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.it/public/file/67414640828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/b60a3eb7d42223da18e645f0b0a070b9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609836f877a8d---ravubenomafoxinuwuwoseles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=high+purine+foods+to+avoid+with+goutPDF 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_off0000e3f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F0 18296 bytes
SHA-256: f5a35609c276dbcd030f28d07a68ff64682a24936d4eb48e8d8005fd88573cc5
font_01_sfnt_off000112c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C4 10972 bytes
SHA-256: bbb4dca7e978248b7171958cc8f9abbe5a3836d5ee4e689ed708bb322ef8d3e6
font_02_sfnt_off00012c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1