Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04e4cd9b2d7f21b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 13:45:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0b4bca88cd2cb95a08e31ba841c452ba SHA-1: d1894b60bf044c0de17f881c5f7c62d1b3541f3a SHA-256: 04e4cd9b2d7f21b7146d59207b3c1e34614c0a7f16b81e08e2bd014761553a6d
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 CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, potentially to download further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6a4ec6698---48794511911.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/90987498786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/nasujafajikaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevoribugajidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905175342250808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonhieutrung.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawufivajaworopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a141656b84---rawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabunujipewenawerepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210910200137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/48475619424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/14881811219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/sapaxegoribegibosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/wemodeporixogirukepisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93908764589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909151517265318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/fininelitofolujixarajate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce771c1fc3---sezinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miraxenazofekimukofufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/putetewixudabomajerabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210914161906_ffv1g0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/39835412475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/wimoraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915e58f31b98046428ef4ce92eb567d4/81729409825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=coin+master+hack+2019PDF 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_off0000d02a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02A 11032 bytes
SHA-256: ed23be1191d0bd597fe5c683799b165f8073d554f1fb7ef2ad1e5a4fa86063a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C3 17260 bytes
SHA-256: fec6855ab16ca7ecc90693069c40573b8071688bab45e8533e02f5bbfe0d2ce0
font_02_sfnt_off00011641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11641 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1