Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4237b97ffc6c11c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:22:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 46b79608f9332073fe89e7443264f62f SHA-1: 7c6a5f79ccc43e380a2204b4edb0878cb34266c5 SHA-256: 4237b97ffc6c11c42171afc5e264e1e9603098c76906a8e8b33a4b1be26c0a2e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, indicating it is designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics suggest it's an image-based lure, typical of phishing attempts, and ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=camscanner+apk+license PDF link annotation
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/3405375078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210905_191334_1315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/25896926105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/93915504347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15581031792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2901827364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab95f7e681a99338a367cd267b1d82a/pemavinabavelinodoruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hycxchina.com/filespath/files/20210911165511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blhfkp1le8b2bv792kaak8jnku/gififare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/32303231735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellgroup.cz/UserFiles/File/37198649772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/45855083761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338334b62d3---3608122791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/zosoxojofezowibusajisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315f9c92160---43916926107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikomezejatawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/73320339019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimnazjum-krasiczyn.pl/img/userfiles/file/18188444626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c19f9a47f---waworavatejuboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74e3594f66abe786d778a11e8351a90/42902603496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a8333d550---89605498219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/81173913036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea3ed2a3b9---bimajupofowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/3994736766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/62830845047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ad3e5dbd2d61235c7071fc3c52e4410/fotif.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_off0000b6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC3 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 84fbf3994286d305c3b1496bc29b2cd329c35d108e4404761debb9b8a44e9fdf
font_02_sfnt_off0000e659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE659 14292 bytes
SHA-256: ab6e0cc2cf7c6fce31687b07e418e7825179aca9fceebee21ace437310edb540