Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b443b0f2c111ffd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:36:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bc1ba1760a23bcb7a48392e9325e25ba SHA-1: 23b380aac91b86fcc33f0bd4ab683812b10799bf SHA-256: 4b443b0f2c111ffd2aded2c743b33ae9c03521ba8c86fec53c10c334546b2ee5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e48ff3046d6---81483116376.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/72642618579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa1bf5165c---jeloravaseruvixetetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/27206672450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/babe536185c37d944897fdda7dae429e/64371692740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021080109472473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/zunirijaloxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7915ea7ca---6657327653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094421d6a643---vagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/26783604403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608427fa2314e---68922200418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldcastlive.com/userfiles/file/moregos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/30388454268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9c61d45b4---fafukorogoralim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/4392583379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c76e8b05b---tokezimalogavulawakemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb69fb0b11---bogexolixepekegarile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/ziradap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/falumipipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risuzodujige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p87.hu/files/91453927752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=clavulin+bd+bula+pdfPDF 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_off000108cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CC 19680 bytes
SHA-256: f011e9406ea31dadb638a7e2a6540e8bca9345ab2bd6acf7a28e510b9e3d3358
font_01_sfnt_off00013c3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15451 10208 bytes
SHA-256: 350a89d3db8e8704c82a32fbf3508c3f5ded3748204dd03a9bab57cf8c9dd962