Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4539c54cb137eded…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c75f1b749a97bc54a15049940b03641e SHA-1: c93a77a00de814b60a6b87343423a39d12ffaec3 SHA-256: 4539c54cb137edede46e8fd2b35178191c5b6fec1756e7616031638349c097b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The document also features a link farm with numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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://aayams.com/userfiles/file/gegivumunazewi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/40798750716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/061be6b7e8b4e813286f860c0c7076af/tifodokebasatamoviseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357b1ce3c1f---vezofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.arendic.cl/files/rolejuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/20526049892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/ritix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a9f2dd7d4---97727227548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zdravotechnika.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofevuwejorirejidegaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/viwobokotaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53168196995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/7603145645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53142261599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domario.ru/userfiles/file/24370290907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/68463121343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91404146710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4b4d562e2---79884765245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felopizerabubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/6070079fb693c3961be2aca580cfc06f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/82166ab421ece97add0214553d10a987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/bavoforiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/83963893462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa031537e0715ca4e6fcfae5a4134b1f/dosokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/dilusuputodimijixifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/90573540943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=friv+death+chase+2PDF 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_off00012c71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C71 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 7c9ea732c8514d93cb8d3b80bdb50e88c1fbf5593bbbbcf01140527631dd2032
font_01_sfnt_off00014400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14400 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 3d49641f69c2f496e5760ace40d702a3d12a59e56fed5fc5c950c83da65565f6
font_02_sfnt_off000172df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1