Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c91ef16d33f5c7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 14:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: abce2a28296427f368dea1f4cd8119f7 SHA-1: 1b9b9af477cd0559dd81d36310f19cebc35196e5 SHA-256: 4c91ef16d33f5c7a91fbee2df49bafc61dedb91eb4f5e05d8f0bb91569e7e6c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple link farm heuristics and numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/19415656547.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dbcb1af53---85997210673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/jaritapobedakenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/denifiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3394143877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c86bfe188a57761282309f99055f20/nowawoxepabikefadufozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078359c24d63---21626178546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44027352596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36659d30c6---sutenosolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3125138fb---jesebironoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03aaf26b590dc94dbb39392a49a8023/jabujuxawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075afb07545c---fulipifozazefolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16203169448005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/5616392459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf1f4ed10c---32655193827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716fef09b3e---36273130952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/69726756235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/62041279313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/50813347226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/13372570430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/kevalukopexiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58eea8ab1eadc1d19827b19b174799f2/27042118104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/72088774551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=name+the+book+written+by+kautilyaPDF 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_off000121c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000139d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D8 19208 bytes
SHA-256: 90d21d05ec7bdf09b3e30b05d0afef70f34aff865ea2c97e00ec84d5012c7d98
font_02_sfnt_off00016b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B43 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 0fccdf4b80224f9b93c8118b74a019dfafad9954e249cbc2763536a5e72bef91