Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cbfd9d970c1f38a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:45:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 495541eefcf2eb5fa784d767f6acc42b SHA-1: 70fc35d8e230b6efa97eec27392efae1c6c7f12e SHA-256: 4cbfd9d970c1f38ab4909ea13708eb1556d549638464e367055d1ece8fe86a00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and a link farm on potentially compromised or disposable hosting strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1c1d3ef7417242d56968b694f739f1/7272577432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95901302962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/75636360549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/natedanoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210919170800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.displaysdirectaustralia.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudivunufotigufawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/78627272459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/8567125694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1325623859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/88336031031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivusafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfanchem.com/upload/files/48863770151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/xatibode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/95586550604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancephoto.ru/userfiles/files/60486566942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/88680163112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/86532940872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/nifoponinofawijizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/woponotudanufojeboxidozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents/files/zigewikajujaxirovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a5bd3c36f---50995072984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad1f96847a8d7041198145049882a457/ginowunetilirogamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=crime+angel+game+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38092565626.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_off0000c8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B7 20320 bytes
SHA-256: e7c661ece2580db950e413bf3c8aaf1cbae10d046580d06b9aa5424f0683d9ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11595 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 594abe00544caee02ec0aeea85e7b7a27b25f302b5fd7e9bdfdb868d00387095