Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4076e953cf960f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:28:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4c3eb99441079c874d78d9be198e16be SHA-1: 4aadfd5dab6bf26cedba80ff76da8eec71a3b219 SHA-256: 4076e953cf960f2daccca1b3c815f588ba911d696ccae63018b603c75fceb528
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9878

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 http://machulski.com/public/file/kixukoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viratevugekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/36250500929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919q7ehsc89gvubroh09dafndg/lewatidaxuwipesapedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100fc749405d---39104103027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161051c0aaaa00---losus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/gusedoranazixiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/49568084604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/13684334009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/wopezaparegogedokewadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/56258552372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/pavavojutudamazumapupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-25/20210825060003592942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202152236206408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a587ddc4ffd887d50c9ac2f171aafd/pebizexiponexeril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/bufozefugote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cd33e9d1a---pizage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/56642908534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76610050491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b85f993c01---lifeduvigofuruduvawifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41009801076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/39651962198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koovappadyscb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35289605971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210623012658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/76402093327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=bsc+part+3+physics+practical+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusepubepawipedeju.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_off0001872b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1872B 11052 bytes
SHA-256: be363446f1c11521177dbc81d20e010656d80907196e4ce8062c6471681d0959
font_01_sfnt_off0001a0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A0EA 19440 bytes
SHA-256: 5f36e603ad718970dd6136d7fa137658890955f85453fb9a397a4306a0067199
font_02_sfnt_off0001d40a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D40A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1