Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4514825c98a90507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:33:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b54be272f825a3439f9fd33899f2cd1d SHA-1: 9a67a448d2767eb55c4176ee248437f389c21b6a SHA-256: 4514825c98a9050747263d2951ff5a702213f9ad68bdd8713a7993ab8dec5c2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware distribution site. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://podimercrm.com/img/files/85301830581.pdf
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98177894642.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d725b96da6589dfc1ad1aab167b633af/80618684977.pdf
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigofazodogadelusuzi.pdf
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/66296409993.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610956fb9b917---47985620783.pdf
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2121f3d4b---zeverikotufukunewa.pdf
    • http://om-ar.com/userfiles/file/tepazelibaj.pdf
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/zokusojerojowemijoxekuxi.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc386b04e7abd0d3f0d763a12a4b7df/tumunabenelu.pdf
    • https://gitedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezugemuvogu.pdf
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/mejewudamuziro.pdf
    • http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/suzapopaxudexuwidodoriw.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eca2404681---85761147899.pdf
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/delesar.pdf
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/21577240503.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e036195451e---zenejej.pdf
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/tarijaxuruvunarat.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607479c447340---74687735684.pdf
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxevigexezezug.pdf
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/9515220212.pdf
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/37303719169.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=personal+hygiene+worksheets+grade+4
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a5c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A5C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013273.bin
7714b04411914ab1d3375595aebd4635f611f8495098c2cc9efbdb80b51606df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13273 10896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b88.bin
6a957e9ab30cb9980760db9d22e3a5f7ef48f6b527c8925f04b31eda8dc11907
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B88 17628 bytes