Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f488799c3dd906db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 846c48caad94c179989f26775963738a SHA-1: cbbae760d8885d722ef4ca62a01d17be9d40f3ab SHA-256: f488799c3dd906db15b30440710975bf9fd3057ff5741215033890b77ea960ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cute+pink+acrylics PDF link annotation
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7839bdf1d3---28382931312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f82u7mt3fjn27d3ui619dqic/tegonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18f7ad562acbe9b463df828d69ff3c9f/takexenupexofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ca132c6ad115bad2597a9afe580d0c/74186604099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakovovefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacsanmyhuongbeti.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/duduxofawezikaxewekovutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f2e5e50169c08199d0bfd2dca6aee74/xatilajiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajpjlvlehso6tajl7la8mfmvi6/55162943976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430072413206308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/bozemamimunenaxuval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096465e99cff---84121418867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenanhduong.vn/Upload/files/luwobogimitite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wolovivonileboperi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db7cb96f9d0fff84f78129a6e34be242/kufedidegoziseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090595ad0a4b---46368792647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/xetipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a29eb98d4e---labebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5294cb1838b4f3db7589c7e6f865aea4/73629893731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9488938702---soxemogerexuxewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd06b20eca---99987317896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/63311615649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc9b38fe3c---nejukesejajomu.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_off0000e6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CE 16896 bytes
SHA-256: d0fe65b3d24a81c80fa9cbcf0f3c7baeaccf2187e92ca8cef361becc36f6b3cc
font_01_sfnt_off00011286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11286 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 5cb055c1ac1b170d74f8490419d8fe0acfa75ced017b4ca8dba21d10e6041b1e
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1