Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b658b3abca9dccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 00:03:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2ab83b5a47f7d26a9deed5740aa9bf0a SHA-1: 35aec28b3a8d4c725081cba5efcd6a489f24e0a5 SHA-256: 4b658b3abca9dccd1831e89865e69c83b70315c07a5b9fe968c6c50ea30ceeaa
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to deliver a payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests the user is prompted for a password to decrypt an archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963fb9814b6---50622176672.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uuau4uk21beb46dvbj3ei6lc38/26012660976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16enavppq26krlhspc87lgtben/zedekolepodewiliwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/12394693816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a4ebb5ed5---limadomov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/73304660405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/xugesadidutusilivugokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1co1blj3e194obs5ilaam23j2/40258338549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/gulodupirunuwizubidemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/64818604638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/dimufoxegibuzolimubesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/85525543770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92877400884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e7575565d42710b239fc87f7fa46df/tarigumepuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86f82039d0---renidenewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a0804ee34a64aea68628f263f72ec1d/baxogovijutanokikonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a309a7272b1---zujimosowojugexoxebine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/92782939797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4585cddba9---malofisepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/81469536345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/25376079947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/12088906103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/55977577197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/susozudumilekaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponawexebow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=bup+admit+card+2019PDF 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_off0000ec0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0A 19032 bytes
SHA-256: d1844f8978f042e9abdf2d8ca9d804031d37db2a2298810a19a4ae78892b0160
font_01_sfnt_off00011caa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAA 10720 bytes
SHA-256: aa1e2966f74bb8232702f71fa8073f81e7f98d442ff034333619179e51c4424b
font_02_sfnt_off00013560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13560 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1