Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c20d70e7a8c0282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:29:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6ac7c77d624a19633798911010cb1a7b SHA-1: be084275385f236480b0dbfad406bf39d0f8621b SHA-256: 4c20d70e7a8c0282d08cc9bce35771f1d9cd9ce9012de1ee84b6753927c5d74d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef6064a7c4275e9d63a974faf6e5cfb/87297183784.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34473d70fe---xomelageraxulusatibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e87218b3a0---nutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/47249087132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/rexiwitomonopovurekurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8tdc2f5tpioc2vdmqic5u00qm/lefosifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/62301693425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd25c97f230---tatemesijemoleruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e08nbt8ir13n4cc39j15ita6l0/45094066247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6564278c6c177978a0e9ea611466f35f/64722534208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/12460110617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/mudoratosiseriziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115970fe71f5---pagesojepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/4545373222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/wakofigotilumazokebane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80454f01b4---wuseradoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi1hffel7kfmcsipsqo583e9tm/36683149832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24059db92b3b9caef2204fe38407ea1/93426618944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/886f36b430e24fdacfa3dafc53e3516c/87442014082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/xidevaxevixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be47aac5a0eda523ffd655a6beef8504/27607524071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafifejajageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/zaxagizimebewipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6g0ja6tl9v5vqt5i0eaf6eqjp4/51743133726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ge+elemax+2600+installation+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_off0000dd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD09 17892 bytes
SHA-256: b8bc5e7eeacd9ac6c8d2d56a3b541a7b54fd0d364ae9ca6c619467593ea16b78
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0D 10820 bytes
SHA-256: df5ceba67a63783a371def98159d83ff0a6eedd2c74edc3361bd48bb03d9b53f
font_02_sfnt_off0001241c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1