Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cdf44b6b9412dea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 19:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5c25db03b1cb67b85378f360d15f676f SHA-1: 54ea2bfd188877604bc4d467ba24f79607d27088 SHA-256: 4cdf44b6b9412dea1067eaa26e016cac7729b15c417c46cf26bfa5e8f0d1dc1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to these malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d0548b1d3---warepi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bc0e78ae73412d35a3440f3c02477ae/dosijugomolivetozowevon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahsport.cz/userfiles/file/45721003475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i23u8qitldhhpp7hf3lq6cng4q/jatakifikiluware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bc1bbef2a---gajixamiragobimapojisisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69b680cc46---340132267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/tediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekiriditag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/gewibagowerogejujonejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoriamayorprayerevent.com/clients/1/16/166e3f524b51ec168ebfd48f86188a1d/File/22306071861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086205c4e594---3782413837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85e3d51baf02863ad797ec87711fef4/munob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acqbc8rqlugdk806t7j1dbf0d8/fokebidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608718a0e89f1---sovenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thailonghoang.vn/upload/files/julunuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/21931464252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/81419084832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eoihm9pcntma7mg5m70fnvjehp/lupinevesufitebazozageze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa8d66eb07---46767808658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/98894447281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/65274680138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/kamumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8o5g8rh82o8arn6u6hsdigf7u/nixobanipuwexemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/135f2358d9a254eecabf37aaeb27f368/toxudifikisijatuveledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tracing+activities+for+kindergarten+pdfPDF 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_off0000f048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF048 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 85b7e080c37dbed16d592a8d8ec588b87df757393c0758ba54f31b9f2d7846d8
font_01_sfnt_off00011b7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7C 10872 bytes
SHA-256: f194148d2c900abf1c18c438a300c7e17792d42347b3493af5e16e9670b4ccaf
font_02_sfnt_off0001349c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1349C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1