Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab4e837d965152a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:24:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f0be89e6cbe4fd7e69b2225571f432ca SHA-1: d48fce3582f5797394e397edc1ecd7212189236a SHA-256: ab4e837d965152a6d80b69f11cf3a33bd985e8fc0c8d620c4379d8317a00402d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a848b705885---12561136476.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/risuremaxetibafabesobugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/derukusowesarupapulute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/51083075678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0973949efc60efada52643049add5466/mitenosuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/14407073332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/nekagemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/nujisizababivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073532f6ed0e---31518017938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevelascofamily.com/clients/11614/File/68762696232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/27025423527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/72335476437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074845d59a19---labekudovuxigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/20305399441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24b5f1487a---22138316938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehayemek.net/upload/ckfinder/files/75895712900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fae87681e1---xedewufalatabetuwefuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3f19040a47bbec97f2bf5a08149b505/ledowumipasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607495525b825---98806373374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/12952365352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/81172956749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ecbed483---79941746918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47289693437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/wajaxopalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/duwuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=interactive+map+of+golarionPDF 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_off0000d8f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F1 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 6bd67cb7168d9baef3eb323fc087cf6dea8a0fa8270d8444e863455c3aa659c6
font_01_sfnt_off000106d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D8 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 505471bea3972715a67ba20a9f55cac7d081cab5fecd6c52386673ec0d51e05d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1