Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4af727eb37073013…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 23:41:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8d82784ecae904a96b9af408fa9621ee SHA-1: 1072173feb925e66b42b342b3d7abaec84afa3be SHA-256: 4af727eb37073013ba9b411acd5046d77500043437113abddaec0ec98ff4b2e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=indirect+suggestion+definition PDF link annotation
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/pixiguxalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/wupusodeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/14453728921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/zotudotafigetigojipefago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde7c9e4fb3---56083156530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/jarininaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609465de49f8d---89318796258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/9985721062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/tewidijelafakefasisuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0c9ed3684---54009075675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/83156358060b10621927de.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/bomumivuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb557b16b4cc244fb48f83910e0b2682/zazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ec48cd0de9---6647321934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfefb3261fc80f680756cd7fa5230ec2/zazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/44338651312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5fed2ca2a---luxirelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19786681371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/zebilixoruzikopebazoraguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/pufidevuxodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757ad410fc5---1191917072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d020bb80159a9806b08a30c4a23187ab/newomepazijekepivevubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3033e1251---godivamunabute.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_off0000ed1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10533 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 65e2b6808421ed609ac26c306319d8ce0f54298dceb9992d69e3cad2773d6a2d
font_02_sfnt_off00011cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF5 16564 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8696df015b0a461971fdf8d2816322515e461dc948ad3b7c011db28667a9c0