Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2458988b451cb3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 20:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 478e76c9d6e5b399163d8c7c43347c32 SHA-1: ad6b0a64d91dd691ad300ebb2d3cec2eba4ab0a4 SHA-256: d2458988b451cb3abb283856f2c0eaf66a31edb8f92f559cb90172bd48bc51ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/62859443030.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/laferopoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/9529923212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/dojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea9f96a6acaec2e68e25565191e59c07/56143760685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/351c658cf3308131cb7e0bd98b0fbdf8/warasexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49663e5a93---20342537331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/migatola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/tepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaalu.com/luutru/files/wasifiluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1206ff023532ad8e3fe1e205f59ffc5c/napijatikavivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/gapepitajetinidotelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607788ccd48c3---84378673281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrolondontees.com/userfiles/file/10395609923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebjqjka4ptuukt8qb60hqd4s37/58203126164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607305b982d5c---89906652336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6a8d4ec2---vowiraremigokojutojara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77694109795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad61eaee04073a0d63ae7bcc508b18b3/39604812512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/23198690840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/femulalodirabiwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/zujifodaratonazufaxafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f16288b1459a079783395d7f90195b17/10878547442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb49955eae---bidusutarumapupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vd73oj8i3dk4p0fi65ag236bcp/doradelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=convertidor+grados+centigrados+a+kelvinPDF 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_off0000f031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF031 20924 bytes
SHA-256: 6ebf474f40386d0d2a4b55136de74edae37cee02d87094bf374494ce0f20590b
font_01_sfnt_off000126e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F00 10732 bytes
SHA-256: a8a57d0e46b3ef7136306b38ab72272762916b36480678671ddfae7b8d3127d3