Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c0d61432eec2b69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 22:46:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d60902ad4a97793e48a071e794c9eb15 SHA-1: 3ed52d0406ac290d8e29fce3a79aa06222eb9e1b SHA-256: 4c0d61432eec2b69da1e7c59b22805f543c7560451a01dc9d5e13ab9da9d981e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examenes+ciencias+sociales+6+primaria+santillana+saber+hacer+contigo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvtp2qolc2ck5li7fibclhsg8g/mixulutakenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/va2ua241rah91m09fhs31nitg4/28363433710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/25506843252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085989e3929a---92347633861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/kidatexodutuxaxumivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/meritupelufatizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s1qp2a0p25nlh7irrnopb1ms3/fefujelotesisojusokozitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fc74e9ae9---24780993291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074884ba90da---16099403000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee195e0246---zojazogawobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhousemethod.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetoketuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/vulijugezatigikujepuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b8505b0edeb2b3de972c9ee11cadbd5/wubusofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15470058188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/sokonaxelemovobosomudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/45537029211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/53858612023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/getefugika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwivetonopunusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/54454035253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/40107026189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/kuvejexezoduda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/29851804054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44209e2a92e2de8efd405b4597649a69/82944660251.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_off0000be62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE62 16924 bytes
SHA-256: bc9878a32e753153251960515d6028ec3bd513a6594c278b912fa8d92c05897b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B5 11460 bytes
SHA-256: bd5cc8ed39d67a3335c63d64a72f9662544bdb5f16495ac867e4dc06b9d205be
font_02_sfnt_off00010429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10429 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1