Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4615ed20636ef2e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:54:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f13d290858e77fa9312288604cb7c6bf SHA-1: 0f07904958e87a1aa17a4c4170c868aa765515d6 SHA-256: 4615ed20636ef2e4193af75192a044ebd5ea9b60b64cfd58d180bc76c8a33d40
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure using a screenshot to entice clicks. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but heuristics indicate it's an image-only document with an action trigger. Multiple URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing campaign that leverages these to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0070198f3b---jemujegodofupanorog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fcr-fomentoconsumoerenda.com/uploads/files/33869590169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jbbhao0hki87tv341ggooqnr1/60298405550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/ranejomijavilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/55732892531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27ec9c44d89374b299d7edf1fc1e559/10159897669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3891222150---kibudekuretipewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b920fa0e103---54813882949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/jolizipuwoturus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/53435151936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/87844436711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982348b00ee---lorivozididozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n64dpevu9fn5l5kf1kl4kbo890/63830349212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/64338313926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421bdee7281a561a994bbc27ae8566c1/pixexebodetikutitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/95000387299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jixijiselotowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/89749607515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisusubipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/nemoxevijetetimugimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/gitirunonusefufave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/xomasaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46749792074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=imperfect+tense+spanish+practice+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB304 10828 bytes
SHA-256: b38f3b32eca5220c7a25db927b36432e0f2b6d354e5fafaa21a6de5a1d47e4b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F3 13700 bytes
SHA-256: f8c86f2c35a1626d721d9fef4407c91f27fb1af442ec8fad9d4b45e9a9db2071