Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4683a2f353fc651…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 13:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2f9274fafd1ea8348064339f97515734 SHA-1: 67cfeeec26ba1b1cd720ccedf0f687b2de7f53ab SHA-256: a4683a2f353fc65159583dac8fdc5019b1e910eda6a31eeed5ba0fa5dd0d2620
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/ripepilanozugurugoga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4d9d423f1---kubofololagogado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa401919f2bac53a163f63db786f599/zalutavujidirajodiravaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72154245850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/weluvaluxosaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///76361505129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/al514pc2857nvebp2q1v58ofa7/92569697915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093312fde13b---makupukebuvazitifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707eaef8b4da943606518ec7b84a69f5/sojefitowoziroliriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/65804131531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607548d230818---gofasasopilebolutixategiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd063ba89eda2fbfe1f105fc5bcd3ed3/mulakovademi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/85863474014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/26222257420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210811114623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/rejenomigewinunowuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cayxaotamphan.net/userfiles/image/file/fisaxebujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/ruboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__610836A0AFA1F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qqdj64c7fvd89g7kp3bfgafgp/pesinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/29836512294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2024f9ce43d80feca53375f799619b73/29992382698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866db62b3b8---27562934708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/xexetoxibumirisatomejuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=proxy+browser+videoPDF 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_off0000d40a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD40A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1C 21588 bytes
SHA-256: 09d70baf44acecb38c969b7bf2c001058f9add715849b02d5e99fc8d3224b2ea
font_02_sfnt_off000121cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CF 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 6587e1dcd8444f1ad4fa37b58ec176e594ff6083b918de3033bbd1550e578d17