Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c925d44917e452a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:56:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd206187e671bef241e6672a9c373a94 SHA-1: 5a2c1ecdef1682303a1eed0d2edf119a43754a81 SHA-256: 4c925d44917e452a7412da60ab30f92763bf73bf9b27ae6df3df21046917500b
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 upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+default+app+to+open+pdf+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://swiftnb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wazavofinelapuburotemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/54971170891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133eb9657a90---7631346499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/50217105392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/27307028808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/wejudexofunulerilugelava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/78342795276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savytrading.com/userfiles/file/xoxulikugeluvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/sidelabizinevabudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/walexowozojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vjlabor.pitscovn.com/uploads/Upload/files/resiluzilopewurimidarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/galuliba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/6914588802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/7219137728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/93408458775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisafosanisidepinuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d3f1539f58b357aa1fc2cc7d51f5aa3/61034282109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/naradipanonileniwiwigipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/60571060716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cbf23cf1f---10228773577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334e39b2640---xuwuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb4082f5a9---muxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4b4c5b5f5---depekaluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/68691855734.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_off0000db59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB59 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 27ce3c151e609d9306b52c1f989ad591249a6afe98efaed14510625fcb58fe55
font_01_sfnt_off0000f44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44C 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 9938f0af9254315573ece0721db879b2b00b479fed89fdce90f91a9796ea5f5d
font_02_sfnt_off0001214e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1