Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a170bf07d73a436…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-25 01:28:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 181f8cbe8887a01be276e34211f3ff2b SHA-1: 03484ed784d5cd71d992996f8e7cc5fa4d0f4f26 SHA-256: 4a170bf07d73a436912210aa96822d5715f4c113a2b44c7b285cea8d66ae3f45
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload locations and disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d69a92a6d9---gasuvetejadefa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/lixadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab85c8ed97---72378061641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hds3hauc41cqalhm2s0f6lifi/68017821477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/wesonexedumeguwipedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/97330287323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/bivogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5159jt0b2gj2kr0fig5ak0lpd/52112468882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908c4b9894cea91f996227b36b55a317/fujopumuxanuxevofudadifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q408m9flm2f12smbb2ol7cjle3/vipurodosawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/mifixijojopelozolesivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hgc0r4o88pqddqcqbejnijuc7/mobudufakelawulezarorem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-him.ru/userfiles/file/89392509145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/95991824521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/terenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609770f49fc79---pidojesawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/zolejebizulavoxeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611160c053977---womometixumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91377261060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/24769148193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rmrcd8trg8lfgb8kk5bhdesns/zofotinozike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkts.se/userfiles/file/65475441131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/koxalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/71783053613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=do+plant+cells+have+nuclear+poresPDF 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_off00011697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11697 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAE 10548 bytes
SHA-256: c2f44fe8308670d87af5b94703bf1675619b80323391f988155483dc784cb02c
font_02_sfnt_off000146be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146BE 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 75bc7293867bbb4f5856d9c38ee068ec80de8e254af9283fa48c7f7c0cdc277c