Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c489716b57c9f16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 14:23:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 87f94ac95e323922eaa9d1b8c617fdd3 SHA-1: ef5f53aaa0bf7c71e70b87f36463920c216d2ce1 SHA-256: 4c489716b57c9f16df9cce2ccc8a659348a82bc5e5d693ad4c6d55ecc689b869
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially malicious files hosted on compromised websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a tactic of using link farms on disposable or compromised hosting to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+town+house+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302d7a6f0e7---81028754097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/vokiwuvorilavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/35304242528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revize-elektro.info/UserFiles/File/satikoxuwogexuxebozosaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/12125544226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derechosenred.org/aym_image/files/13344508825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wavuninekubovusaraxirejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/26818053132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907210035298719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c5b40a615---kanipunalutazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/8855425514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/pikewasagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/duzirapukopekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/20666334463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji8vatjo8dgq4qmmepv60fbn64/78548361020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32858347387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h17unnnhjejgco5vd8f652ef5/wuxomebukadape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/69711099392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/58800088955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/debofotuwinorojozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pusuvafazosize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibobudunetiboxisabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/97734449795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/85774760259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1630959613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/83691483942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c3df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF1 18848 bytes
SHA-256: 78a996431e3549ccbe0541dc7da2aae6db738e69d99ad4cd090d97dc22da507d
font_02_sfnt_off00010d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D08 10496 bytes
SHA-256: dbb4ba169bf9292e9a6163fd3d16199e8a917ae4554a82147dba25692c4adc6b