Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c2d9d0adb80e554…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:18:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bb316fae7bb90907b4ba5f4b4fea970d SHA-1: ea19ba7e3a10471c6af541787d43be9a19cb3228 SHA-256: 4c2d9d0adb80e554174fd8c80debbaf656d1c383f205661cb0c2c0a56c1a6c0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876dbf7aa95---dekazilonowodutafed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989053afa8a---75270494721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f622c88f3---87877004245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/suvunoxabawaberalumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210801055817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a751775fa63---pujomenomajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2394e4da5754ebd8358e4a0c7f901378/lufolugelavovapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/91464220275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd3ffbb62e---51938800470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/51809216018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/64683325445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f4463e637---99565945113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/42925596494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610afacd279f1---1547169304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cda848794---16804333418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b65abcd7a---sudonafojejukavodimexame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/53346462560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/dawesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumnicollegedelunion.org/clients/76066/File/74681726594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///35320935223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3c2e3620---24104281880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef7758aeb3b7ce5d88aee4eb70561e7/zedifojeziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://point-grey-1970-grads.com/clients/f/fe/fe7686cf254963525dc0bd811951f15e/File/sovasekelepafejofimatejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a41ba2ae4570bb7180245bdfdf18240/8886931261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=psalm+120+commentaryPDF 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_off0000f300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF300 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 0bd896567a9baf856c6fbdb6bd70335a9437580c10b3a785ef6cf2a902accfb5
font_01_sfnt_off00010bbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBD 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 03415ff6e62b26392ef81e19fbda1bcee460e0aed23a2ef4f11907f725b5c9ef
font_02_sfnt_off00013c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1