Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b26c70190407e43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:04:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1cbed562853d96893b80e8bb9508e253 SHA-1: 0482f6c2a4770060bdeaad5cb4ba1f4e5143dc3d SHA-256: 4b26c70190407e4335651d7eabba9305b6e3c83a662bee295ff1c7108108f3e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links are likely part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially serving as a downloader or exploit trigger.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323a6b949b2---kanixagovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukurirozituxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/vafuniwunepusizesalober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/96481412944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19666795135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/37091619356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/riwilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/19084842989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613738c14552b---jemixonepijexozafidinuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f22485874f---kezubavamafonogalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreambeauty.kr/upload/fckeditor/file/rekupogolikunedepona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/73403986778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a07ebe60b---36488300511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/galodarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/liwezorug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/70124953805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/duzaxavewitijabuxedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/wiwokuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/foneterisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filipdegreef.be/uploads/files/80229615993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iact2001.com/userData/board/file/92398213806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/povinegumuweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/xivaxelago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=diario+de+una+ninf%C3%B3mana+libro+pdfPDF 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_off0000daa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA2 18548 bytes
SHA-256: 8acf2a58f1c548edb2d2a510178aec97982ab051898577b9e15e941fb457329f
font_01_sfnt_off000109fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12214 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ca0a4128844e4ec20c9bdc5b0ade6eb6315105d21db133dbe335f9a6aa1ad4b4