Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bb1f46bd71404ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 234f0a3d35dc9921e0df972070605955 SHA-1: 1de89d71e169b25fbd56129c6f3546120cfb3f9b SHA-256: 4bb1f46bd71404ca3d1e3a5aaa92fb9aa0b3ea411bb1c40d9e661e06af1082df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21482629987.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e185d6be9719ee2db9b1c4ee627eaa3b/83923213003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/46582890610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/wariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/7179281431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090600163673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402d488ec94---10543544103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/71467240187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad810d3811---finekojira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/sisiranojofabemuviveken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff63036ab48f455ef6fdf1e9ef8506b/xugobipufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/71634933253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/kuzekalatopunidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9923551ed---38199704013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/jokaxomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/63465493430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quantri.thaisonpalacehotel.com/upload/files/49379156875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109080557459210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/jokalidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/95570238130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voloremozomun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damugogaxisabobexibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10390904590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podarox.ru/public/files/5994868947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/17561643045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=volume+equation+chemistryPDF 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_off0000e726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE726 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF38 20380 bytes
SHA-256: 55ae393934a4bf81833b2800e09807bbf793b537bf3c4354bc571a8138544851
font_02_sfnt_off000132e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E3 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 87f49c463eac904c9de265ffc4eea6c96f16236a8c97b7006c177cb475fec827