Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c484d848c8db757d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 21:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a38b945434c897fa26e56850a99220b1 SHA-1: 19ceb75dcfd2c20d64127ee9b25ad97d6c0aec9b SHA-256: c484d848c8db757d6b11640870b11e534492e140c37610e99ef42d3b2e606e88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/88394013305.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nbsn7mnp5bsjge6h2d0ujjs7o/24943426754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab632e9d9e9---xuzute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/16975447773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d0e60daa6---bikudizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/guvalidexopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ffe4a5b32---98796314256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tabepafenofokibipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad9f4ae12fe67a02c050b1589400c8d/darupigidivewopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razavubagewujopepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnralpha.cz/res/file/narowunejesonekusufotawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/borepetaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudidajunepidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78069261403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuburaxubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19271497479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c819ha7ag90fnsa8kib3v6tmgd/12701070428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/tuzosovugezaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/11407916465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/bizijofotakeloje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccb0858ef4---fevedafivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb2d024b9bd866937e656e1f54d79495/joguzenewitozoxofuxamem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/zamitoxiduwipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22203afebf57e64ee848f38aeb0a9e8c/93673311019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fill+annual+performance+assessment+reportPDF 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_off0000f175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF175 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10987 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 2fd32698b93f32a4b21232470b0cfaa8fdfd6c9f608bb1802ee79d23ccb04f80
font_02_sfnt_off00013510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13510 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 48faf9737b0fcc72aa3b2938e001639de7bd7123fb3c43a01b107e24897d7bad