Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4be9c1783ded59c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3167d1d49f4fb04ec4c4960ca6e3e842 SHA-1: b53950f09d1dae9e83aef38a121c5517fcfa31ef SHA-256: 4be9c1783ded59c37bad9a044633a24fdd0423a3873a41c3e9fedd4155207714
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=let+there+be+peace+on+earth+commercial PDF link annotation
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/juretepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/60013125839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f16d1d2ad---19106447257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e44130561---vamoduxatafade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/lumisetagaxagefukilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/85535550015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9089504b03f8046caeaf3a88db372485/26849483309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/93659305398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/81412331867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/43386787554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/62685170426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eade289b37---21224688708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/88518920627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097be2059c87---zajinolawajido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6286aefe351b96c361ffa714527845/87006876298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/5489915001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3a618042---rozinarolodafasafobafopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/25336742390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/38490922554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3eb2b56ac9d702fff3aa1e96c3a4528/budiserebiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e68cf67cb4---rovokodumujazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/xogaduwaxopipugorirutoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b05e57a9be---68808553182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingcarpetclementines.com/userfiles/files/galufurosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fe9176472---wisawozizekutowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ac89cc20112f623aa4e9d089af2e6ca/zimizam.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_off0000ce71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE683 18924 bytes
SHA-256: f277115a35db62c5933ba1e1b5581538ae7308741f1d401058eb0cd9531c6659
font_02_sfnt_off000116ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AB 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 1a5b9781d0d71fb1fd6de8f5ac42f870e59821e50c629efa18baa2744f461c8d