Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4942d84c44738736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:42:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 36c42b8efb593a97ea68e8f0765576bf SHA-1: 1080166c1c551c9b24574cb742387eda3b81a5de SHA-256: 4942d84c44738736bd352ca6bd451d68026551f570a7acb37aef525e4eedb1ba
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download a secondary payload. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/zumupubegowexifulutiwofe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/55250117827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruizhishengwu.com/uploadfiles/file/081435104240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/tubuxamoperolivalixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/76083552722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316473a109d---77471119492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yogaspotny.com/userfiles/file/wovubivilowabone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/lepozakosexositidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigonilazufugesuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5c2eb13bf5900ecfc957216649dd274/8166978541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b67374a9e---64438913549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/82462112781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwoguvadawarawizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fc103ac05---nipabonibefibegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/94836381530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22382274404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemma.lucien-sv.info/uploads/files/61384fa10b391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zididuwovakatuzowagakagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svilia.restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/wujilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/11843496374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150007.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210906213752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/33690145702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/wopojiwewizasizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saleskerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93108003039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346b3ff30c3---42180738114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevimotor-rock.hu/files/files/17574445291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=claymore+manga+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC989 19496 bytes
SHA-256: 9a524cad85686d479964a2e57b63e5a0f8675ab927b831e76b61fb6334625f26
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E1 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 53fe20c1dd2ac703c4976d1041b3f369323c9e6bbf64687b6225affd64d1b4d5