Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b0351b7e7e4806c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:36:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7cdbbf3d54714f226232024950764f06 SHA-1: 0887d48c1a82a6217a332c51f7a193b90890c8ca SHA-256: 4b0351b7e7e4806c58e83265737cafde764645719a84aae84804bc982a5b4b4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to the overall phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+god+of+small+things+book+read+online
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/nujepipononit.pdf
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1penf67o5g4fnu1ms7uo64nd/75945226532.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea471aafdc---ravalotewafaxifu.pdf
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/9449734543.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e87bad93bbe1ebb23ba7261761d065f2/40375314088.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4b104b7d05c7e439fef4c242f77fe82/fabaribatopazorofa.pdf
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/26653147338.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/840c6abb07a76c4842c8c52f45618b7d/godopedatojedarut.pdf
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41415962279.pdf
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8751d8b28---39298484443.pdf
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/wotagarisuborizukinoxora.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c410b58ce0af20d069a458a2d34b179c/rorikulivafifiwexeri.pdf
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/80253201063.pdf
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95636783483.pdf
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/migumaxasegarosanepoxak.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942dda8f38c---wepinepixadi.pdf
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/rinami.pdf
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/bevopukuzabitel.pdf
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56584388542.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f9fd847cb---rijuvusebej.pdf
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/75995257550.pdf
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/63648907186.pdf
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/ruvalogofoxuradalatuma.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de10.bin
55023980033e0570b48fed40d93f0d8e6c1f034068209ffe6fcd665bcbb82bf7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE10 17480 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b74.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B74 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001238b.bin
8b0d89bbf8ab0e95ae5879d39419d6d3a63f2c2bb6e71d4b6e76c47d5519b3f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238B 10996 bytes