Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4729ca56ab50097e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:54:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3a4645d9b859506033c5ac86373955da SHA-1: 144735f920a78979ec472e4111fc05ca18cba9d7 SHA-256: 4729ca56ab50097e095f48ba78473d51f7b5e75a71c2215b576632efe335bf28
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+outline+around+text+in+photoshop PDF link annotation
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/jimavufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/suxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/zinudusifeleduwozowowesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16089c3677dbb1---luburikezedefito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/64918747844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f8dae85cd---52114956896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112a2f9c21c2---71018073543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804a8da738e---sewepoxawuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f2f2293e60---36922966542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabrikangka.com/contents//files/88851809753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2107051159035810483z3g0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/xojasesuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/50426020255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/jufuketurebilawonizezomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/jisoborojabagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/menosukilunigowakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/panawakifaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725c0a23b77---37859050860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa7f03f6827fa6c160cc223fe8c1ed9/lunogevajetifonekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4536506b016ba4ba56e8d28144ffa715/delejiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5456508799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/fejovonolidumojufosabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bdbd0281f23bacd891b15b9216fa312/kilujaduwemelixixurafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg1de41rgirv3gehjpofclrld5/74087941278.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_off0000d340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD340 10768 bytes
SHA-256: f9afd94b38845deddd1c087d0494d695dba596a22f02b37556fb1b3ac3255317
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFE 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 247ed6bbe35202cf3d2144ecd868f0f6b51081d1f13a6eb183e52d44c596b03a
font_02_sfnt_off00011923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11923 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1