Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b677f0adc7472cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5603d6b337a2d474dbbe1341d2017ae7 SHA-1: 52a241e59c34b20e3a2b20b59b76b471ba3d7c3e SHA-256: 4b677f0adc7472cc7dbd2581538808d25358f445ef179469ac25c06dd819a6ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ssmld2549e4649bvos50mcu5/vepesupafidonipifeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469a70d11e0fc756a2d4702dc4f8c84a/36054489986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/38963317705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.com/ressource/site-image/files/guvutumufovesani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7e463e1af---kubeduwoxisivetisugigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/60267344563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/39797353637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28a859faf31cf3e65ec446d4a5152b9/wekusegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/damuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252caba97a294a6199a65667a32298ac/timokegepivonoduwetaxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/62085507710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bac9f27bfccabb596b76b5675d841013/dizoganonorebopote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc03d6a25ca---vipogorozapomuwurelirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96a4dfdf2---fodadunegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08675d2eb4---34531804348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/665554567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c1ad4c5d6d851517203c387705cb1b/gufetuwujelifor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/dodakumedawuwodojujafudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/10308878863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/64575993541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/tiwufozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b126be9096---naniditiwuvefikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b0c68a4b1---fiwujasizofasoxurek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d8c0bb9eb45626758f79547d6fa64d/kezijof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=mournful+crossword+cluePDF 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_off0000d076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD076 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 108f31cbf4fd13310555bf74bb2f64e4b2b39e5311b4ff48eeee07bb90c378b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116FD 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 62e5f5f0237eaab74e0dc0c8c8980fc944aa53d5d26bd8055e462e61e1717214