Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4528ce03c27a114…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 20:06:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bb73b112346ce2d6e4b167d2d73ff452 SHA-1: bc7753392a1909ca1fabb630957b39caeff6e9af SHA-256: b4528ce03c27a1149b9bf0e95388935f8ff8d637005f6cd464d5d838c87da395
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external URLs were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b902f90948---22111321725.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/baxobupimugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/laxivajirexomowabaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aaa41806d675d80ff97b62b0401cf00/17986533531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c1492a9ffb024c69a7c2b2baa27eb7/melisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/zukipogarigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608027dda0ae7---morujuzizefavawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/refejutinuzasezotemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/geafpnsn6624j8dr3srpv31cbj/44073698095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/gokosukiwibobugasodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf77806873c---66966218015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210526085308835051yd0bfb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cac377dda9---mesarefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/88896632278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/41835302978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/rutifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/69033158495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be84cc39a7b1edb7419ff226e94058bb/didavenifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/zabugibejexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4bbd5774a3---jonotirefilaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/62443247394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4d35d8bd355e37a1b9dc06a9e57f8f/pirozuvoxupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/71469127677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/pemuwixigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6805130549531192f73154f42d63ec7a/51155396460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/49733123987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52b20924b29b44a59d38396fea17769e/39790651745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=structural+steelwork+connectionsPDF 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_off0000d3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC07 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 48689643619450b2a685854884c4c1fee033c5e6c410712c18d407f92283ee15
font_02_sfnt_off00011796.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11796 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 290239122a0d76fa4d23ef566da13cf371439118a90d212a450372cd02a1466e