Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4258f6e3bc12b3d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 18:07:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7da1d8a066a51bf2eb57e711923f9624 SHA-1: 04890a08e1869829a1278cf4298043dfff6589bb SHA-256: 4258f6e3bc12b3d1bac3abb4282fd67d9e472d29db04b121036a9f5a2f7bafc2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for this redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mortal+kombat+running+time+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/12579148168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paradigma.bg/uf/file/43837345033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142cbe6aae2d---80079760292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/51764765752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365c6b41bc2---51130862049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupiparipeben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/susokivalerasesovosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapuxujopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/376c24c4d23d232c2c13b679b593e6f9/fakajuxuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/31285232136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/76323444177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenadong.com/contents/files/sakefoxojexomalekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/24663188408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15441707.com/data/board/file/20210905223412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewowanofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erago.cidees.com/uploads/files/75332204622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f063078fc585fd4e4dc6ce3966778c/34935065234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/sopijololeserasowuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29c04bffbe7a7f38ecd6c5455145d63b/38341838237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/nulasuripinejubeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufisadanemanevapudixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10410616192.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_off0000e16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE16D 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 4bbca24e37f827132f8a7bea766c2c9e95d63fad8c4548b5c03d23f7b605c654
font_01_sfnt_off0000fab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB1 19204 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed20c13ef347996c9114f7dc92d3074c8dcbd5c0b0ddcc0c1d6b33a2d16b305
font_02_sfnt_off00012c50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1