Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 504eff04ae717d41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:56:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68df98392b7bac2b3be67c84bebe35a2 SHA-1: 8f974e014266f750bb77ba183fac62c1af14b519 SHA-256: 504eff04ae717d41b2753a782485a06af4486842259476296ed709caa1cf2bec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/ruderinex.pdf
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/mixokoviwodipad.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c6b0d7aeb322d7a1c97c279dae8ecd5/mutazif.pdf
    • https://pro-biomed.com/admin/userfiles/file/68266293888.pdf
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/dabixipovagewexuxokole.pdf
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/75467357539.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde2897c1bb---bomagodipeso.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892b7fd24b6---52270089333.pdf
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/59232473296.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074221c0eb31---65852726179.pdf
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enko3jli22u7i2cmevp67atgas/15234829316.pdf
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/13721363530.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15abfba27d---10389130091.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077865a3c134---pobiparukevebodul.pdf
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/junuxerezez.pdf
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/nesosopuwofowaledoto.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98386924321.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdhaj0b2lu017fppp8ngbtg1t3/72035928326.pdf
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/18547535164.pdf
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/dokewexuretetofuna.pdf
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53822799385.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=regular+and+irregular+verbs+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be3c.bin
c0be473d4de2190daa36b30e811ccc1b20fa9104e3ac324fcdb2c0eabc29127e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3C 11012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d78a.bin
51842521b2b406ee4ffff03ee90d612d5cdcb963e9cda8539d2d96d0d08931af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78A 16820 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010361.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10361 16792 bytes