Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4db5e16bd4f6c1b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:12:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 14a6ddae668778deafc0415bfc9f234c SHA-1: 29ef1f299bafc3e1e1fcbd24d2dda187e2032bd4 SHA-256: 4db5e16bd4f6c1b7684caf277bbf227d7af6e93ca2a319c6e5e97de252ea59fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, likely phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/97696010243.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5ed9ab7d9---86105870414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663930f3ed3829cd1d637acc78f01a8a/notaguwowebubekefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/23655331048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087285680f7c---gowaputatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/zuludilekakugekumaninebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944f65454ea---solavabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cef037c3ad---futiwuwavejexuvovasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb1ddfd67ee9237da88e737d0b088517/dibosidoniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmjwarrickhudsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/9b/9be434dcd9982d5451de1b36a82eb828/File/54499135458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021070117483948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a58af35ca---zoxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/nijibomogazojazikuzotowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b708c677ebf---81133670659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1512060096b30691d8f4f84e572f042/giwuriwijufarasokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qlh2gn8nbnm1ug1fqnrpb1fu2/91830571620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/38821220372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c7022c3a81b1b7a92aeda63312e3caa/48280134023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/65921637005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/vixeditawesaroluxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/51361089787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/wabifikudonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608639f32ba70---79939595506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=balanced+diet+chart+for+10+year+old+childPDF 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_off0000f0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EB 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 5c6a4b7315653b38eff7b2dbcdea0dfe0a8ec700f712c5520dcd9e892a8dd45b
font_02_sfnt_off0001219a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219A 16820 bytes
SHA-256: a4852f5f9d282e6e0d9445d9e80f99cd478960db4437f44d2f6d584cc117ac2e