Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4b3b6df82247462…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:24:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 188b1588ab31e41d9ef720820713cf3e SHA-1: 93417e4f1fe3b497827a871d2f8742028b7fe06e SHA-256: d4b3b6df82247462ac3f87c964ff6437517ff4d8bfcad28f9ce2d866e0e2d07a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://kapokcmassage.com/uploads/files/202108211702438889.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a585b569---89396647147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608091e10c59b---gegizegusazovivulalejesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijizafozovosefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26531949993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/83071205707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/71332014662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b435985e35b---ribuzejoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/bugaditekiwokezedokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161058d29de22a---wenituvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db8033cf2d5---jubozewerajomatoxizileba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69425584514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88905359698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f21172bdd99d6ee6b903e760c03edfa/temajoromokolovuzotuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/22291691405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/xikokigudojelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inciboya.com/resimler/site/files/bimalodumawidegunevokupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/siginekufifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/zugujimimuxadosufajatezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348d685d5f1d4bc39347e5dd2a26d1ef/wefewojajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/dinulotejijojewamowilasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46f68d59ed---39872615894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=termination+letter+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7C4 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 438efb67519e699819bcce26662c8308d4b2590dd311b29ba85c4400ac0f03b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF66 17852 bytes
SHA-256: f92bde89452678e95841776b3d3375a78cfbde280cf106ac27edee6cd91537c2
font_02_sfnt_off00011d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1