Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c074f7cb013aa3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:13:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8d3f4ac5a80f3d7e40413456306d939f SHA-1: def013f8f72fdbdc1ab8536cf5e7a02f2fc65c45 SHA-256: 4c074f7cb013aa3de6a0dc7188a5777259f4b84cac89ffcbc402ccb2ae72e166
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is part of a phishing or spam campaign, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or further stages of an attack. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paper+bead+template+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ec1183d54---63546337720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63057fc0bed865445c2ae6fe9133fe53/tawisefovifaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/muvapodekigoguvevupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/73850916926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01c3fa6dd76230cd01d72afb3d73ca7/97042293911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82953937637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a833846576f103f2baad1c05c04dce6/tovewasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eclnam1dtu48kc98dq57psg3u2/14854254703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/87015751267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210818083330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/wirova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7b6dedf05---fitisapumolajigozoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattamatkapatti.com/userfiles/file/duval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienphat.vn/imagesflashupload/file/gatupupuwetisudusosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba4351e80adad1619be10e8ca797f4ca/70008694931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/6768666536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b236b74867e84bbc202b830677d74c7/vagunimakusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088979068e18---10237575191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/dagedexeweludibivufepipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f7ea75176---navad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/lawojefurolovuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073106a470bf---juxarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv88o5iel9hkgqn7ekcrc3caiq/50222272633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_62018CFB20618F85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/36554437964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinowelusunin.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_off0000dbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEE 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 94344a6c5aa9c631feb04ef1aa06fcd23e4f68ee84e78d56125bf61af1c7aff1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FB 17428 bytes
SHA-256: e9062f587d66ffb7b5b6a0ffeac2abc874570d962a707e8baa97f78bc297f6d1
font_02_sfnt_off0001202b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1