Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b279da5c27c941a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 04:06:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 60b518929a85e8847d55f3e9064d56d5 SHA-1: 292f2f344188bb3660d62b3d57536843c706f9f7 SHA-256: 4b279da5c27c941acaafc1b3db9e3b38b35d7efba7254212689d3e69869dc8bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/39044969561.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://testpensija.bankai.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38659081154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woft-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/60944062212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rsvpcatering-ar.com/files/imagesfile/godeteruxixigidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/welopoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6621b5341912754e89021259996bc9ae/borapalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/tebuloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://potya.com/89043271463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicthesportshop.in/uploads/50637185861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea7e8aa45f---wobajozojutazarazerezebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/22039467242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e72d155f6c---mezasenunedujovesore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromata.ru/upload/files/fagobafejilarozedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315b96baf48---78733079946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/keledixofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_598C0439C3B58A1A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyklo-wellness-penzion-palice.cz/content/zalarosumetuvodozesizaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumsevens.com/images/file/62443045775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492c4999330837f46c6b586340eb907e/87167715945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquehotelsolutions.com/files/others/36762950757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/gasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/7705000936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/tebogitabefidujigudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/vonajozuzefixogavomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72436062209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=your+friends+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000c4be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4BE 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 83d39aca020aa4f087b0161124ae2091247335efcd5150c030ee06c08d7322cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000eff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF4 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 90c3c4ce75625e301eba8f18ed1d2703668553be2449536ec0426c73998e8709
font_02_sfnt_off000108a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1