Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b4da0032706339…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-11 01:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c4ba9a5e475b46f2e9fa5660363a8050 SHA-1: 104f6800568fa05c81e8e8780008a3f603938aeb SHA-256: b4b4da0032706339d03de8cc97e5d245c5bf8d30e72835074ee9627b57e24623
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+10th+tamil+book PDF link annotation
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5c1e5e554---10096288038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/zazipunixomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b5f7de9a54beabeb9656d4c8150c66/88796708050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f086e15d4---61605257167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ad6558096f3044cc30933687427455/gadilovolegujipiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c31502827---katuvobab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavofozuvovadirapetapafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/wijupiruruloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9e5b59925---pokoxunuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/sowatuwoxufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/83435357501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8b881e01d040ef49bb07c24d7ae703/68474981143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb9856a3a4---24101621554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b34e72c16---mijetugejitakegaduzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d33e4f7b65874088197da273869727/felijuxoritedimilagiduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/96702881599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941dea106f1---31643767147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000fde5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xFDE5 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 053000965a2305f6756a91fe69437abd5334a47ccbe2896b0d7406632a5d9c0f
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED94 4812 bytes
SHA-256: 48ed62de41e0f9f7736b249175b1fc53d8e2ea5219029a4029e7fa62ef82c94f
font_02_sfnt_off00012653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12653 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 507fbd3250325238357d54bbf95f96783aa39de869d8c21a8decbdadef98b42e
font_03_sfnt_off00014a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A6D 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 05d2457133b820fa77aa358e30e9acfbad3f04c46ced9a37296d9311117db176