Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4487a34e8f321e8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:02:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a4d26680f8a84fbef979056062eed728 SHA-1: 1baecb2e4dea6bc9cbe281154a9bce6d6728e293 SHA-256: 4487a34e8f321e8c77ecc824b834102b3163574547c59f612f541b8c2e483000
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+telefonlar+imei+de%C4%9Fi%C5%9Ftirme PDF link annotation
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353b33bd17d---78847483347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1594411533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/vebakunasufoforil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31218807453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/zumoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geloracinta.com/contents/files/muxugepurijubopikutonubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/dorejilemabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remont-bez-zabot.ru/files/file/gunoxiwawadiwaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/zipafibikufowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mos-craciun-inchiriere.ro/fckfiles/file/zemonugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f31ae31a1e695890d9972d6cb5d699/wosekore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryouhurt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/33415667902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38837087722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/bazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/segometitukenadubiridab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/sozatomureresatomimoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/pizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/wopawubaduwigoparevadapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eca30ab49b4f88afdd57665593d3195/pitezowipelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/wejibuvebagadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/27268861717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/32559178922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlznailspa.com/media/files/bodoxetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/vinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikomsolutions.com/admin/userfiles/file/13857806457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i04omkgvrcnh8sd2b2h4jndvtq/11593906340.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_off0000def1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF1 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 63caa1c525b61d6ceee65e6f1ea5b2c3836206801902fb9171347cb776e66cb4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FAC 19056 bytes
SHA-256: f36171722e62dfd39b8cc16a595fdb695566c8356eae9297c1a26ef94f66f5fb