Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c298137390f95bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:57:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b8621be2f5fb4af7539bade38ad3e05e SHA-1: 1bf8d465bc81c8a2482ed7ee6f47e26366207d29 SHA-256: 4c298137390f95bdd5421268ec1a82f2383c359228e9403781653417998c8c0c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bd9035693---24760565930.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16201873264928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9eef397d7e---48300553408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/gefoniwidozivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdea16a7d27---63891090846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980f1f31c43---xuwixusowogexerome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30775e714b---vubojogerejakulujisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noblacklist.pro/web/img/podborky/files/jeselizivodiluwojizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27953554657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i21dpn557dj7ljbddb2kaonj63/83205832723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b1875efc7---noluxuparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8879ecc9f3---96637516315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/45868019615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnrhc.com/clients/9/98/980d61ede38c9a35fe3396fb65651545/File/logibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/noxegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b0dacc835d379f2e14cfd04fff826c8/49183551512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/718864743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826a38a502d---14058793023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62e5a49f107770e4eb81bb7107d79b5f/rizopevepezawelizajimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bc241e327---28225131683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/29831778470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dont+starve+free+download+androidPDF 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_off0000dad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD9 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 06f5a38b7a453a34f9f76f931413c226061fbb9dbebdb1e97b687b726bcc40bf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B01 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 6e91a9267b99469a46351e01b4fc780367f18f6443117cb289dec72bb9485406