Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4285d593704cd1ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-08-28 08:59:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3f92a3ad7406ec7c5b05e6f5a93000f9 SHA-1: 51f66fd16bf13e574bea31c999136e20053f6d80 SHA-256: 4285d593704cd1ec44d2553fd1b43e28010158c5c52645a7a6163db9f4298aa1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and points to numerous external URLs. These URLs are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=connected+speech+exercises PDF link annotation
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/gufufisotazegivefimisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlholmbygg.se/UserFiles/files/vifolazifamelijuzibemiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210603/file/12372931488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/vujifadiligotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/duxumajiwofipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetixerapasiviziluteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/joxosafofodatagukuvufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/97928081424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/belalagawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75636350965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612385ca70962---loralusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e719782706---sujuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b9730a72---69074192414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611527195e58c---tatezededasaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6334d0327---jonaxedoxapifamujuxifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zestus.us/admin/images/file/69565091237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/denuleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf007c849e3---soxajuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/45464995802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d5d0bbc39eccd9d358b055d34cdc44/32379664739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/70048054360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53764640589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vigixokilegidejufilalupon.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_off0000c4bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4BD 10536 bytes
SHA-256: e4cdb12009e718921cc7ab3d331b9a1cd7cd99f78d1825bc54fefffa069c2f3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C5 17252 bytes
SHA-256: d901675488d69d5a189fa41b94efa24f33c996a11b0d3d017fac1094b0b3b4b9