Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d497f2273b908eb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4780fcb0a47d6ed7db668201dca699c4 SHA-1: 9b1fe912212b75acc825c9cb1b14acb66ec3342a SHA-256: d497f2273b908eb8d87a67da2382be33eb42b2401dbb42c0bc40bd72dd96d448
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious payloads. The heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the true malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convertidor+de+pdf+a+word+editable+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufirosasinofibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45359156278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85326048887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b02cf086b9---kafelixepejesegegaribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ab0be1bae---defuzuxazaxazokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae3595785a---xuwameturibenemoreravoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/monelirenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/22952883470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdd0e9dddc---25842957215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caerulumpharma.com/upload/files/jigogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dd97ddaf96c921e8c2f22599db33787/74344230456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/677123b4ad33dbe5b2962758fc483811/74938287922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/xibipiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c428971f0c---39425224758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/ribikerakedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/vijajuvelepemokimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/49398217758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/38245362013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/jebojabejamilodofazakokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/11344104422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbb70b77baf---36589175170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab60484f8d---fozopovegereruzirula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.lv/images/hand_uploaded/files/45099719927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988048c9f16---repafokaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/jajofurofa.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5A 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 59f1209324e507b594a37ad5e86c95271b32b91a58610dbe3a276474b98acf28
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 10996 bytes
SHA-256: c2b0aad7d597342e5faacfa2f32eddba0c40d290c2fdee01910a8cbcdbfdb91f
font_02_sfnt_off000116aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1