Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b37f7dc1c669c18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 23:05:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 7b4b8b5046c30d453dfc842fe0002666 SHA-1: b5751d9d08a241ead2f03d1d14b6db0fcf4b5336 SHA-256: 4b37f7dc1c669c1860fbee06469a30f3732cd8bdc9df9b53e35f73650fc6d20d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa1ef840143ec5eb368278aed79609b/botuxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097183161245---gubufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b776ee89ae5595e59e295691e278f144/7562989386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f9fd01e44---853334398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26271971541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097df13212ba---zeluxazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb23359ab4d---48767004945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagominum.com/contents//files/26346927970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3883610528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/wopisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af5a0c654a---wisatafudenoxikatiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9a42bb9888b5675e05c3c19b2781d4/xugukufaperamuwolaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazosofozezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8074cc03d---xibukoxaluluzozofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/nepifomaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/17206920739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9d6cd59f0dadedc0aa9033f21f544fa/mutovonavubefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/tokeniwatewafelemesapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/zixamidosanijotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bde2e3ee009c5665cbcdf71a457d9d1a/26198375538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7auqdq0a3srv5b4fuieh103vpn/91824449149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b869d6ad92a---67226995968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a71b835edb1143fb4ee7960ca2dbb10/rateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/20012692311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+ruby+android+downloadPDF 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_off0000d827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD827 10676 bytes
SHA-256: abed65b21d5b58f222328296a77a83615ed238c0847737dc22f3a743789ab637
font_01_sfnt_off0000f09c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AE 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 665efe585f9d1b915eda56feb8d9e8cf7aa71836afee69772e12d89b8d45834d