Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4716bb8b57c9a9f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4add6d74a765fbfc88294ad7a5738c8f SHA-1: 13ae66fce5776c50b0b6faeb7432912873bdb270 SHA-256: 4716bb8b57c9a9f217b8636d8f36e6a5b9d677d34eca4ee95852741ec6981aa2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210906094613_gsd8rc.pdf
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c94b6e93ec---vofirikapidizas.pdf
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/35849226220.pdf
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d7756d1d7---riluw.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orf16aro2q6oafq1nv8se3ebc4/rodibomoboxuzoputoxipo.pdf
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/sazivamowali.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614111c522d07---4637546583.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f9d9a61e8---53398833824.pdf
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35400831284.pdf
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/jikikozifupisukibagomi.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326a90e504f---82575613582.pdf
    • https://nevjegyzek.eu/uploads/file/90266736242.pdf
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/24360192062.pdf
    • http://itcck.org/upload/editor/file/59333584552.pdf
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/2247115200.pdf
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befefezagurojinadape.pdf
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/witog.pdf
    • http://zensushialiso.com/uploads/files/93146534687.pdf
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/sobasafan.pdf
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/gidoxuvu.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubeweta.pdf
    • http://blekinge.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/12614328437.pdf
    • http://iccjsc.vn/images/uploads/files/97011185319.pdf
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denamu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=page+174+of+to+kill+a+mockingbird+quotes
    • 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_off0000bce0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCE0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f2.bin
b62964ec275b3dc5bbcae0ddc0c757788589575b9a539f3d7fce4ff9fe3bc6a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F2 16428 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff63.bin
5dcfd8b53d5d5122f5afa4d9cb5159c003fd7f05322c41e5e385339673b95ccc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF63 11480 bytes