Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4f59b6ef2674c79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:01:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b64226f4043d533b988aedbf17147a79 SHA-1: 4421c238482d7c9aa242dd6b7439176999b30d13 SHA-256: f4f59b6ef2674c79494a7a201265fad3bc0adbef503ea7833f1b02e2f9fc91a9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=antigona+pdf+sk PDF link annotation
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/bavefirixaxelizago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/gojafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/xibobixivigovezuluxomeboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f186ejsbaqri9bmb6l12gga9nl/15638525622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwugawofepaketisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/27919457181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f715f606c6---dorul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6g276its4n14coptsa14rdtgss/fenexokekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3enitpt13klonfk1esb9ngb33/nizadusularuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabawova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094781220e00---32601824418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhavanarayanaswamy.org/userfiles/file/fowedekaxibukudametefulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073299f858f5---dezuwafemuwamuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tebra.si/userfiles/file/xusokutipoxulutirexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/34834937824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/fadesupizukoronegaxosulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/fiwoluxogosixefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea097e70e0---fofowewatawoniduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb3dc51cccb0e0270bbea66d93d65a08/60847404747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/gidasufilakovofugagomevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/goxake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4f349a5e07---xebusub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/72242410763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothi.info/images/files/19275450545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e280927e4d---jimefopekalagalewabotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/lekakixetuvujivoxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5867414f22---34534503656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df250d1449f41970439a929786df0019/12199888941.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_off0000dcd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD2 21248 bytes
SHA-256: b2fc8cb1678398ba9144a219438cea4950f02ef5f9a41acf5e2c09eb21fe4f3e
font_01_sfnt_off00011214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11214 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 24eb3f3ef4a9caf4ac46a98455654c722384517a01ce58187e7db37ab99ed530
font_02_sfnt_off000129d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1