Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4310695bb614cd9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:56:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cab7100547bbf367f08ee316ae336a6d SHA-1: 3918e86675b4c4c9d04a80086456182d8084c810 SHA-256: 4310695bb614cd9ddd2565dc7958197c336df1800b958337bc808a7808aa51cc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, further indicates malicious intent, likely to execute further malicious actions or redirect the user. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a phishing or trojan delivery role.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1efc2bef91---33870136179.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edd3dd2fa2---laxivasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/30886590099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/52951464694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/83236320338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/motek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/15660664938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870c71d98ea---wujemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49050820933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52720020773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40bf92733fe531037176a3da1e627fcd/78001101125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d39f002bd9633cdf646aebe5fa11c89/vomerefobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/safekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0386214001620392348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f06f1df9d---30499521249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/829423748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210903/file/16306821598024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb6a9ba33---vuronude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1528123f3067960ee0f3140119d71bb1/riguvoxexobudamilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/mirumovopokerowilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/wumokadotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ac2fdafaa---xugisoseselofikirupulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9954bd859---56849153913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b0a2730f5b---vadewekozezigumaroninira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcea943a5e23e6e29f00a2918374c3ff/34582226451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=roborock+s6+robotic+vacuum+cleaner+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e4cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CC 17128 bytes
SHA-256: e525125eadcc0f7e19df1aef97c1c6d7cbcd45698821346cad19dd14bb81e70c
font_01_sfnt_off00011114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11114 11000 bytes
SHA-256: d4109e99f1c145a41fc9b51dcd391d546bb46e12deb7a72ecb704c7764a0220c
font_02_sfnt_off00012ab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1