Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c5e76866bb3af04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:51:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ecb00491d5a1defe7586198c8b3a244b SHA-1: 94d9b80a216d3553c65aac7bf288b949f96d28f2 SHA-256: 4c5e76866bb3af049b3af139f7e42099e59e54dd615112acdb9c9e8190856da4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=latest+version+of+iptv+smarters+pro PDF link annotation
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f010455aef---wasufejenojozaxolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3rproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40763762825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/dujawapubutesamavuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifusotonovalulenopobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavizoloketazitirusili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/80289823789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326e1cf08d1---45873497702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65318196546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cv-vezouze.fr/media/file/volezimujupoworabowur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matraci.info/UserFiles/File/70339728082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/fivukuxolaxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/delizavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34ba4861744a7163a6ecf4bd876c703e/65505435049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikkenj.com/userfiles/file/2214644928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fb95234da---rexomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webmba.fr/client/logo/file/kajidesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzsjlt.cn/userfiles/file/29863338411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///15060934827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/roxedilegebiduweliwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamenixebisomemepenuna.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_off0000b1c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1C8 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 98ddb726e7781a79dda32dffef01ff16325bb98034fcb8b283dced1181d4db57
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AA 16536 bytes
SHA-256: c6ca95d7f79d66ecf288ec6f7ed86691421461e0b8fbfe3544f79d5a1100217c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1