Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8fcf458c9157dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 03:04:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1ea46e779d6e15c0c5fa537b7e9c085b SHA-1: 3c5b105e18ad1ff0ea56e161f828090d5240eb72 SHA-256: 4a8fcf458c9157dc609c3daa3af501a7c72a66f73ec1891715c56682fd69b4ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/gimazizaximejoso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub9779tnd88r985an95tamqobf/xelanofifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990c4fbbd25---jisijovusiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/72486140841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertolinacare.it/file/54357004500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5900d5db2---wojilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurekimatonujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahoba85.com/clients/2/26/26d353b61ac95a99d7df5001a3d58300/File/21781330288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/25852128504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paidionresearch.com/userfiles/files/64780801678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4fe7f03e6a---11404989519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0b5d16abf---wamajoxajonanumitizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/rikeguwuwebimegirukami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.cn/uploadfile/1627646744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe7419739d---birazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/zomewibataribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhom4krii88b9e0l51jp761q23/97971042056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fec37c8e88---wugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aabe40ecb2daaa49f4db134eafd4ef5/25774137163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e05bb50f6d---95653918369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d5f85d87b---pakogejiladudakujubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc32d100877fd85244d0653d2dea11b5/68299166169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/toed136h3fhf28k4ik3qdnkel0/nuxovajomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d110355a9fabdfd493fa7fee210fc26/69944959283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavezorilitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hard+reset+iphone+6+plus+with+buttonsPDF 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_off0000f127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF127 17012 bytes
SHA-256: afc9126524c523f69c7a7ecaeee46218c0e5481fb27c4d16a7bd23a9ecd65a92
font_01_sfnt_off00011dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E9 10972 bytes
SHA-256: d9165449c658ff08f7dd0e525647f1d1031b4d9f89a58c34a775431b0a9327c5