Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4162ab30be993532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:52:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1ed29678065e2aa1e4c827d94a782184 SHA-1: adff80373a58975d3f31b9511fd003655687a4dc SHA-256: 4162ab30be993532546e1a08b856df5057c8eaa0fec8d00f72af7e2d7ffd551b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alter+ego+b2+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/90271635394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc80ad33ebc2c86155e8847ad786cd0b/94572252932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/xoxasugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45079724732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add9d53ac1a---70516572286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e20469af510eb62dd9f4479ddb56b66/16175225947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d718b68fb---87434320683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/72061367101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kodanuzumajeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/49086304725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91b9f3ee21fb653fe645b8277bb9b89/50471246437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59271917378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e973fa06d9f---gidatizabobutomoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/kigarapepijukorebogomebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/letiwajakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0seqtubgnn0o230s5timftl5d/15540950072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msmzizkov.cz/data/dokumenty/sivixebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb7b100bcc---busipoveditaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/98193042761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/97314966879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nashcentralfalcon.com/clients/d/d5/d5bea9c86035def548a020f7371d19fe/File/82420362201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pretaporter-pegah.com/userfiles/file/zeluxafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/84144602088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716eb95c318---venuxatuluwa.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_off0000c2bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dacf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDACF 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 28ca8b05566ed787e72dcecf2d65bec5b8629027fbdea7489751ffaec4ebf2ff
font_02_sfnt_off00010991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10991 10740 bytes
SHA-256: d8d5a1d8c028884d97497a1af3054ba79decdee2a1f85d3b773bc0ae9ad74a12