Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4ae0420f486da18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:53:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 036c1e78ff1c69625760db1ce3cdcfd3 SHA-1: 850a7bdcc95cdff7abb5e2769be35cc4c7f2422b SHA-256: b4ae0420f486da18aac023a51c7e86273af32dff793159332f2aee3a603aba0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9898

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tai+apk+tu+chplay PDF link annotation
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/tabinonanazawulasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atel-j.nl/uploads/files/91282852633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/givigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domuran.pl/files/file/dalemoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/tirukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidiniaibreketai.lt/userfiles/file/88458408539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea91d8996d---zaxabuguduzupuposodili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/202191035693542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/sulubexumotaregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/metifipitijigewajilesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/80503489548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cc02e65d22d7e587ee5012e80602c1/diturope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/55934588169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/garetefidagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22929775236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netart.hu/userfiles/file/51675374389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/66067613367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/mogaxilijofuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/sulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevian.com/images/file/76255045075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/65578727473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d73169e045---kasobuwutabujimuzikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/zobevoperali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF432 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C44 25284 bytes
SHA-256: cfc2f0e36c042adadef8a6cdb1692aae9bdbd7cc254d1d1f1f374884578c9c61
font_02_sfnt_off00014c5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C5A 16244 bytes
SHA-256: fddcbe21bdf9fb2753729b4ab5b26d7a3fbb01e3fe51d41ab0725360e25c189d
font_03_sfnt_off00016249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16249 10116 bytes
SHA-256: 58a1c2aa14eaa237857e174f810faec34cdc474fed7c820d1d1f4b59e721f749

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