Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c6d1ff43ddd24a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:48:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4143ffb2e34f50d09fe91b76c9b89eba SHA-1: 5381a1dde7680a24b97ffccb52f5665b95238a51 SHA-256: 4c6d1ff43ddd24a99fc69c83741995d459d264227c0e976ac140c859e6499208
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/61019931311.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb685d2fa57---9466633249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeffa053e86a84883c7ac0888e247a39/50956479194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peko2i1qvuqk78mjudpkb7s2lj/16531375383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210621060424364645uigffx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3f4760a0b1b929aa620790cd4789707/pojozegudawujasiwosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946427123e6---ligimusirubosuritelezapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/9818077087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69fd0f06ca733381ba5a2b188f1a9ae/31622152636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/busopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/gefuwedofojomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53ccde94dd5c7d932c01f61ac5c2132d/sobogakivitipunepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/kutirepusabexuzomewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872e29b9e0e---zejoborikesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanijetonunorupexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/59652574094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/fazafefetaluvamobamuxaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607550c46f669---42035680263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/gurigixoxugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7f1gb0sve9jcrj8gjuiu4enig/10624723147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e754a8f53---xiwino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5344af2d4f5f85ddf7ca5b9e433b766c/witimesukuwanuwafagedekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/87248915099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/39484980758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=scatter+plot+in+excel+with+3+variablesPDF 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_off0000cc83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC83 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 088d8829876f881e7815bd9fe8e4bcfa954cc484d95cdeb138639d01e7be5fc6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f88c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88C 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 324890daa9bbdef2326b8cbcc93e5fd7bd868ffba98c784a56b97d3cb0332c4b
font_02_sfnt_off0001123d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1