Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b3e5b670b688510…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:18:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 631a6a598bee7cb325efafdd66644e64 SHA-1: 9277ae37885fba090172f34e1ac5c57c9b0f9f11 SHA-256: 4b3e5b670b6885103db7ca79e38501e75a27a72a43792f48336a1985b4213c76
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to deceive users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/somirefomopidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cr82havtoa5quf2kh179aust42/bovikifoxojewobegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/kuxajekalusipubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/22103614895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a05a36d5ea986081f3a5ae50b314073/95747009842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/lovajutusuwobikunesuneruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/4996850383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/bikejojanaxodibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae07db3ccc6---lizinaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/50560469601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/91674343445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/dogagugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazdalkodjokosan.hu/img/userfiles/file/54361201240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aab750e800---75202092398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ea060d1b---5332843352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5d031be295---65900148854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvitaxejesinezojerapiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spec-so.ru/sites/default/files/file/gomekepojobamari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/14457356355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jedanilunegopumevakezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/xasovatawado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/91038008212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nppgursaraijhansi.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51208140063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=enterprise+4+coursebook+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B+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_off0000bb18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB18 11388 bytes
SHA-256: c9281f1a858efbf923cd3d3511e168d9435cde5d2b233244b7a2976e9c14d17d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD539 19400 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb77f8c0cf4c15f05cbbf938147e9d53524d1fbc9f544710f27b5b64dcd9717
font_02_sfnt_off00010571.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10571 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1