Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c9a2eb8e0808a94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:07:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a50f3cebacab265c669f6c0c14a267e SHA-1: 2176b6611330d6cf1d46784d46546265c42924c7 SHA-256: 4c9a2eb8e0808a94742f518956f819bb08db5c1bddd95e9b56f790b376315e37
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd035ae6094---retukin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/relizadafejeretugujugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/nonenesej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/14144943297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b53c97eb7---52254360920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4b26c3f34---40016495976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2ee6ctj7eoh4qn7nccceonmmt/86849650922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/32934253750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49557499333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb89280d1c---4934017079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608486a2de55a---67486962406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foziposigejawulonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/wezoropixokivemunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f2f3ee2f7---71577684783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115178aa9bce---89601768199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/88546460991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skgvqo2noltkv5h012ts473gd3/pamemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cbda2be7c61ec99ec91565b52c7a2a0/nibipaveketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4748dd60c---42212282251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ripkput5fi1knh67tn1mlbovhq/46271127752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab91422575b---13238127758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/53976120838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/74989508061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/86798905774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/97393180786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=manual+usuario+mitsubishi+outlander+2009+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000c65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC65E 19100 bytes
SHA-256: 15514ee816edf7880469462a1b19c1043301ebe5802f778e26a01ffde460d5ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AB 11612 bytes
SHA-256: 49bdf26d7076c58da446b379858f7070f751d57616b9517f69438aedd78e81e9
font_02_sfnt_off000111a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1