Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4faf6d544d2796a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-06-23 12:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: b20df2cf02238e149fcecc84c8d46759 SHA-1: 693eb2cb749dc6f9bfa8ef57f9a9a634f2823343 SHA-256: 4faf6d544d2796a2b0d9a7f4a156d954c221054f9fbd534f9f7bd939873791ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, many of which are hosting PDF files. The heuristic 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'convert word to pdf javascript' and 'wkhtmltopdf', suggesting a lure to trick users into downloading a malicious file disguised as a PDF converter. The presence of multiple PDF links on compromised CMS upload storage further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5opbq8sa7frcv54d2qdg0ad1n7/pamujiluzepimepazukomubu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13417c06c10b1b7d3523374d7c6f8563/8821516462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansonseatery.com/uploads/files/nopopowikusizujusumuwuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/bapabepivabipilozesifemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/tapelevetulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c012735a1cd---xerenibubetulatumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094df76b6813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b8cdd08527f1a55bf4fd2a79e72a264/62180054702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiprojektai.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/keludirisimijuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57f7607dbeabf7e44a0784ac62a0e0f/zabipimovufapevakiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/1979753521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02640d73fe---35896940394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/29627994798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607932d83b8d3---9149216706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc3c912a6c---86828650842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070565b61896---14896490716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=convert+word+to+pdf+javascriptPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cde7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE7 5248 bytes
SHA-256: 834e3fe3096a455e4a47140376991ba1cb0109b49ece61e4f3ab383dfeb66326
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE9 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 26080e3a0886ce4b68bec49fbd474ef904a2baac2a933134cb7fd0172b9ba03f