Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ba6882c7cfdcd37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:31:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 71962bbf1a4ae33d60046d081f935c79 SHA-1: 1be8eb1b4f962039570cd1c21da6528836c9544d SHA-256: 4ba6882c7cfdcd37eabf54d3d2acc23c234c3cba7fa93125c78279b66d839aec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests the potential for further malicious actions, such as exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/53186301502.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32371434189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tisuputih.com/contents//files/tusekoxowadizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700cc9c1cc5---towubawudajizonumevekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb84d5ca4fc---86876399651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/webizegedoteno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/51331198658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e53d69cfe---gomanefevaregokawinidugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a440cc6bfec3b24af022ced987e96662/31796451949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/32439523258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2fa9f54d4a436dbb8191b53fa012a2d/sadado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/75631333142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a608c305b7f---nexezifitufuvopal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/29705169537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/14303789658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/kafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/fumavekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/nofejifusazepitota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wufesowijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/50988014853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8i6pss724a7rcq1tqhrd93fti/52436189521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/445de99ee4224a665b221c6b8dfc6ed4/77431976132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f49856830a2---gaboxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495b48575028f7b543810185281f8648/betadeserotebopovuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/5530840105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/jamesijiropozanazapiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/54072766645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=qu%27est+ce+qu%27un+partenariat+public+priv%C3%A9+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_off0000e62c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE62C 19956 bytes
SHA-256: 9423cf47ac13b23240a48eeba5c824434a4ae243d20141cf5c3db25e54bf00d0
font_01_sfnt_off000117c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C0 11192 bytes
SHA-256: bbb39f119b967553cf0f8d1124bb475ac45a61f7b0bf8903b93ff91f1cc9495e
font_02_sfnt_off00013187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1