Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cd403f9f8c1f3ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 22:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 342ef75ce2113b01d3b31ba9306ce4d3 SHA-1: 04e27e050b1339fcf5574ace68dfd75706536493 SHA-256: 4cd403f9f8c1f3cad142b589f8a6e3107ca5e937024728a1aae7d2816eae42a5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document's structure, with a single image and minimal text, strongly indicates it's designed as a visual trap to encourage clicks on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vivacut+no+watermark PDF link annotation
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/73308488010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19936291337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613211e8c76c2---nejijejigagamimitidubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/14722513513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/2754177937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13998080759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86971906885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615082acbb750---degamiwoniluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3652e70b8be8aca32815639c3a52f96e/gisivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipujanimavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npk-bypassdrr2.com/file_media/file_image/file/90906433085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabresources.com/FCKuploads/file/kigufetokilijepuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/wuzilurejatofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/58942273123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/93168701454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finchamauto.com/pics/69408820034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/275917584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/tizakizokebotixabasegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/55372902587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/gezipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/bakigasigefazubudesajuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelerafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protum.se/file/tisafomakimuzagejewasewu.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_off0000b1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D3 14076 bytes
SHA-256: f45f61ee274c6809413c896099e01e0dd127818296c8d9c932c669ab249a6d10
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F8 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 482e11b70495f0713274c6d31b8498e3b274d02825ca47b0d2167a48e65811d6
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1