Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4751efccaef06293…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c9ff0e3b5be0ba0e963dc5347bf951c6 SHA-1: b773ec934c25ec7602dc15f34565b4b3db5c4df8 SHA-256: 4751efccaef0629328f8e748b31fe20f97c597b32ab92a08509c5e87d5f3e312
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/18187074700.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904163838178107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/dinumuwitozusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciela13.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/57096389062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109102101131431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/50163019084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/sogubetepinikivepija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/47001653928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67kd0auj400e714hfl8786ttno/92943115630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/29177203786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/38873105475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43623399102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/jofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms1oke.com/contents/files/xukedirosidufuxamovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/99511812070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerama.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusowomixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66888816455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e962993387---buwunamifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-media.ru/foto/ck/files/pufofegezovifulumidake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613038347c0cb---21862647157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/86995028381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/sagofativujuxovibitolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mim2010.ru/userfiles/file/nonesivagisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+autocorrect+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD986 10512 bytes
SHA-256: a81caedb0a22e9f07916a33f27d9bfc6db28e36d4f66e25451c98e7660309979
font_01_sfnt_off0000f173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF173 18276 bytes
SHA-256: c1ba0364e772149549e16f05867f7b8638b809dc0038905ff2649b11a79fb095
font_02_sfnt_off00012109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12109 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1