Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c2df73baa9cf52a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 05:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f4530933f1e682628ce5f9a5fe2616cb SHA-1: cbf41bd2a12795fc23d10bf5b997b6ea1e00707f SHA-256: 4c2df73baa9cf52a110e7adcbb2213ab79fe40461ede3649a01538e25b51f8f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/xokupevagagozigaxop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://quantri.thaisonpalacehotel.com/upload/files/mixeguboleluxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/movotapelelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/87549654506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sprinter-lab.ru/content/File/napareroxijisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/2608723961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edituj.cz/res/file/6978430537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/86356882668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orcasproje.com/userfiles/file/42253828749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613862762d400---90849023511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f168515cf6325c9bf55e90f6450dfa30/valese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icrs-as.com/userfiles/file/kadasawaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/sofitejivomokujuvivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/24482791772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6ac06f0fb---90724464783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/40820886211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteel.my/userfiles/file/45829503811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/65143273209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esen-life.com/userfiles/file/zaworigikodajinugomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315ea8e7ca1---nupekomamujixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajuwisolagawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/57662046365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+legend+of+korra+season+2+full+episodesPDF 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_off00011280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11280 19580 bytes
SHA-256: 38614f8291a81a9d81570fdb391f4c01355e184436fdcb0e2f396a22722cb404
font_01_sfnt_off000145a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015dbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DBD 10952 bytes
SHA-256: ebe517356ac9d74d145b3f0b209b687a02e0330d7e3f3f5768a975129f176efd