Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c617346a6b7c3ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-27 21:23:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 333a01637b1160edcba4f97bec63c0b4 SHA-1: 7e26122cfcf6cf695c8a065c13817c02e81b1ab2 SHA-256: 4c617346a6b7c3ecb56f89153c80c3942604510db9bc53ef82c5cac80b102790
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 or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+note+10+lite+audio+quality PDF link annotation
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/xosulizisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/93321722218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/bigedenomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41194624829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3b3l6jk851dgl8c9ncaui51g7/91893664602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/befuzawenagaxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/mawabojemufurewinojixefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/77283833014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziszolg.hu/editor_up/10768247667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/96561644680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141853f6179c---98659015159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graphicart.ro/fckfiles/file/66183983213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/suvefuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8c07b9dee---topenadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/livomuxutadofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pooq-design.com/app/webroot/fckfiles/file/fameworazeribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/15093732618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19656989907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c058cb1d0023dde3354e4e6bca4eff/tarawidebojolelubotomuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/pugojitinuradesasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/26373759615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///nugujidujinefiximakagefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/xigexazise.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_off0000b064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB064 15524 bytes
SHA-256: f2fdeee4bc823bc976905c30ea897d25c05f0dbe9c4bde8cfa62c3dd99a02b73
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7ED 10500 bytes
SHA-256: ef0d05a82633e5aab1ecc5626634d759534ca074ed5b7fb474bf4237d9cd7ef9
font_02_sfnt_off0000efc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1