Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b499ac704e32f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f4529675891b73046817a917fa5d396b SHA-1: a0bd774871943ca9ed374888612a8d0b17a1707f SHA-256: 4b499ac704e32f1b0ee1067901e8aac76b200d625956b6af38c9cfbd06286caf
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitapuse.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6v0g0ujgbe7id96hsajoomdb1/nobodopapimegepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a421486e9---65333028945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c4b25769da10e06c55aa946108fea2/gepozawubaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d57t4sfimkkafvsilf5l7grq1/lovalijenozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7f766ce7f---valelugapezonojififebofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prattsofdouds.com/clients/d/d8/d85aab9f4bcbae69c8358f7a9990a0b1/File/wokopavotesomipawepugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/53478850513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/divawomofezelikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/66247027086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c639bbc5b8---kapuxitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8d067e6e37df35e8cbdea5153e668e/befep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097ab406bf9b9ebe5bc004e962fae5b2/51937884640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608935afeda7b---50233708015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/rolowufenenopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916b7005ebeaff7234fa1c7c7e15b09e/43338372417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/17860978193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4gcrkbkqpl35dr2mcinvfndud/kupedafadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81fdc891b8ce247cc478d697c3fc273c/91385861371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/mejutixadupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsosfcu4spdanr8vslcm2r4832/lemariganakuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50f14538582206f5de7514abd4904ad/sekidobimuniferusikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=who+visit+my+instagram+profile+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_off0000f3a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A5 17352 bytes
SHA-256: d000567fbd966580e6833663a89d723119f06a9462e3620bdae5c0607977acee
font_01_sfnt_off000120dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DC 10976 bytes
SHA-256: cb024a68087b8b4ab0cc3081f3928e7737012da97e424fc990837adb695bedfb
font_02_sfnt_off00013a43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1