Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c175ed4d13b652a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4d9af2c21ee0d3ed809e741e6e61e7e6 SHA-1: c27125421d8c56a9a2230d48388c39981d0eee0c SHA-256: 4c175ed4d13b652adf8e4b7d07c3ed17feb8b40846982d2d33e6710e17ca78b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+3+ah+mean+on+a+battery PDF link annotation
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/24811612587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/lupefarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83eb07e60ba53997ab8ec8b0a3629f33/newufuvizovadiwitomonufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indovinandoilmondo.it/themes/userfiles//files/xufidivinekiregosuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4932ce18aec34d50c4af74f79df88e51/rejosibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/wuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30e4528ba15fbef30672996d2da5524d/37020966834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a872b5677c0---38169016578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c00a40857---34082135130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8decafb8413f4b8b5a6392ad2d47efb4/buvusebutigasukisepunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/sanusokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/66943570006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vudr2q1u9ebifcf38mg61qml3/5492523293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/78258288388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/loranevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/49981318998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/nurobobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/1857_20210628080707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f4e65e4cb---jazipifenonobefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/kekomudafibaguriletawodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0841eb178704a3181894483da868547/1829806522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du9dn43fa6auimpsct8m4jref2/jajigalepeninezageso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54156365831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/jebosonakogigijunidoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u926g2ne70dpgds5m6vvhot7m/54029627156.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_off0000b9be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9BE 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 4d00fcefc655af76d9dcf306f630a524646f0642a8d6e39452fd9e33b98cbd3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD284 14464 bytes
SHA-256: 22389926c1304b991a8cd34434f27164d533fdf73baaf7c0d5432c419231e867
font_02_sfnt_off0000f731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF731 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1