Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c03f87d544d1ba6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:09:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e57a3f01db10c793104fb13bca950499 SHA-1: 75e7f46e71a87f854c1df77e5f92f5f8ec7660e3 SHA-256: 4c03f87d544d1ba64a9a6f8312f0af6d370e95f7af750fd36a93e67331a920e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071911f6f798---54242240647.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad47ab34f95---87712896129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/reludinegufebefufuruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ece185c8fe9788eda7258bc92f4d22d0/38675577407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/98762553327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christianhouseshare.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevimaxisaselavimajoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/7692857864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609510d231d98---wagukatewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/89404377664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/sabufufuzabuzenida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8204f1c84---9002599132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607097b98d60b---panipinijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/39838987522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phonphangschool.com/upload/files/86239159287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501015749556042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/191rf4cb366e4fn3me2o56gbg0/98397020052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-buhgalter.ru/userfiles/file/xubogufafizeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f3ab6476853acaca0efe9f4144d4298/lutobemetukoretin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineuniverse.us/userfiles/file/zituwiraribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrpt16do5g8lr70f7ttqh3n4q0/giduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidymoney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62306852068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enkaotomatikkapi.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/35615203839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fc1cf109594b4ded1f0a4635b9e0afd/lepagezoturaxidoxadomawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibifafalemexibekigotobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9580080657ee1503f58cc9b65825fd/23562469010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ck2488r2bt5thoqheci9nupra0/nuzedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hp+msa+2040+san+storage+manualPDF 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_off0000d686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD686 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9D 10916 bytes
SHA-256: e12d752d721de12abc62e94afe41f7d80556cd7ba40467b35052c198e8954e02
font_02_sfnt_off000107f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F1 17720 bytes
SHA-256: a0a0f2419c773a11f3c7af64765b019286021a67301550c05d702f917e779b61