Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b5afa40d10cf81b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 07:18:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 083e7c09f5868ba48743c90d4945a927 SHA-1: ad9b3f574b81b77f41441d7e9f05319fbde13649 SHA-256: 4b5afa40d10cf81be71b52ec53a28947c07ff5c978fdad2e09cec8610ee24c88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a0d5d0855---gewibokazufi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2jfegqvcq13hjptrb7vhaufb2/29189943300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/74119625245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wonigerepifulovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee1b206305703a2a2a263d5732a5c54/55313436054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/dunevogigavezazevosokipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608338111eb12---86399255387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/kakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/67153352530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/wogukevizumexovepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://checopharma.com/upload/files/53518385777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/lumobenivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/23702905468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/36755999977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3944d422b41648c872ab7b8241850c/96360218578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/75862568554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/50460227287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/78461796920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecea803f89---17325500649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087105e3aeee---81894183488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=microbiology+laboratory+theory+%26+application+brief+3e+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_off0000fde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE6 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 16cbe77e30e78850ca46ce87695e48da2ea062a7d2d846d0ab04a2837ef55250
font_01_sfnt_off000115e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E9 16832 bytes
SHA-256: c8a3ed75e24b7098d3aaf5bd4fc99098bb49192ab01650118c05c1d469d8a246
font_02_sfnt_off000141e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1