Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c1f78ecf87450fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:13:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ff8cc633537e9fd285bf7fa4e15ced20 SHA-1: 03f8888c7d79344dea19590d3e0c7745d3c4ee10 SHA-256: 4c1f78ecf87450fc576e678eb37d7bf5d0208ef59078ed5f4149b86144480283
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, with some links directed to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of these elements, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely for phishing or delivering further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34429397432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703d9cee718---35509354139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/13289887352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888d5187ed2---20428597895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/bemaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darstin.com/userfiles/files/22210406156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/tizogitebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somos.co/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/22996398620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brownewingfamily.com/clients/a/a4/a4d7a48ed280e719b438ae57db99af5e/File/60994254115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0dd0d416a9---5957871038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9b43cb452---94563657850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106ed3ec0b81---43914195920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efeotokiralama.com/Upload/file/gemeburebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a598adaccf9---55517614817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faeb9b03024052249a8d8bf11706e070/dexifega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860384b3d57---xiwojikiviseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/zuzozibekes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/zugutagigabolojulanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf4ec68f0d08f3df0b99684a2778a31/newuwunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/pufajubotofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/ditipoxijarelivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/kuliraladatale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22108b4175---1196210726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b67d4fc87b5a7724b8cb8b4d2a7aae5/2947519870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=learn+chinese+with+me+book+2+pdfPDF 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_off0000bdf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDF2 11232 bytes
SHA-256: ce517c81341bfbb573c959098dd1aa568b394210e91e325cf96fbf3ab988a316
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f00a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00A 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 1af2d0a840f2f82f616bb5a3b252bd4f554a440abb90d6a3f0cbd9617ad10a9e