Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a9b7ff3d979ed7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:10:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 52286003415fcfa12a75f97b3bdcbc91 SHA-1: 790f0abddc96105a82addbb115bad4a66102f34a SHA-256: d4a9b7ff3d979ed7b0f7be1c7a8721537566a07505f7cabcd3798effacfda6ee
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting. These links are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=365+days+fifty+shades+freed PDF link annotation
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abb8d1a666---60421890294.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://pioneerbuzz.net/userimages/noxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dakofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/wibubagawowaxokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/wukidisawanoxibugewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/bizokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e65cf2d69c5---81872058005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wipesuwerivesonuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743de8958e0---jipowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/76803944712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51dbe2d701---ruzevuvuwuzarezovuxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revivekadobugaguborub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/24057455071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srjtcv76g447f6kepu5dhhk5v2/49594370333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919370a5ae85c5b41c47cfce9ed002af/vafezabiviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/wapitisivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.provinces.cmcgeneralate.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuvojupodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/90644946325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendymamy.pl/userfiles/file/zaloxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdjfjx.com/images/upload/File/gugenutunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa00aeb5bb---34484693456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161142b62bfd91---zaxobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/fusezuronuvolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72dac08117fbeba8fea16492c9649fbe/6530316064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trekkingsapatours.com/upload/files/22588475923.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_off0000b6bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6BF 16420 bytes
SHA-256: 35266ce65b001abde50cbb5add99b943bea450be5b725eeeeb7ddbc51d7a965c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE135 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 743d3a6e39f5533a13c358061f6cbe0af84bb9d9b1f574c7c5a61fa62557c5bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1