Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b5aeb658306b8ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 90bf8e43f7f8a2c68b3078d86348de6c SHA-1: f47b4262508a9ba568aac21f22aedd64de03cbe6 SHA-256: 4b5aeb658306b8ff4c9bf890d6c0d2ee271d64011950b6aa247cd8760f1b6a04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs, such as redirecting the user to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sine+graph+examples PDF link annotation
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj94bg7i4mpk4iu592o8nt9btb/69065749276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/27125317801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614167b35d614---4939003221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1630938948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41263488888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33974574296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419123a782d---80462041757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/82208823748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/85708344712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitufisinofazanogiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/mixobazuwabegusojumedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62736942257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_09510214660551DC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sopusadinukitafukukivafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/37776365966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/zopugipuwapefogolezimagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d3f9da395ee96a72ffdbb9b56516922/1181796424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/90337314189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/55569823106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50865692263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kinajiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/tenoniperolazone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/44552398317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/jupuxiwijuvewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmakonnect.org/DrumiBhatt/karmakonnect.org/Final/ckeditorimage/files/71352966553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b41d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB41D 15696 bytes
SHA-256: 15ac6c035d8979c12ce92a5762644f8d17090558f39113f6d7e098263d2a294e
font_01_sfnt_off0000db92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB92 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 8c0b1d2743d7a42d2892f0b80fd132674932cf5da6a919ac0a6a00a03be6b424
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1