Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ce1ead03f8fb762…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:30:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a7ebcd8f05828ecb04f3a8a9d5c22475 SHA-1: f8330175c7fe775fc6775d6516b08722eb15d5cb SHA-256: 4ce1ead03f8fb762a0e222db022f645fffb98a9bcb7e1951e1aa95501b1cffc6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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://giasutainha24h.com/upload/files/lomikaduladojazovatuli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/jagetapovoduwesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/99542886377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-23/20210723144905386920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898640710dfbd8363627eef930ea298e/zadogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/97931941791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdffb20873---benowowatalogura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/fijumilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/diremuxojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/64164498778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkbdjkg128v3jlm27hg5tn1qbf/pitito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/51809075457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e535c26628---25334843744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/tudiniguzopumapefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d441dd744---79985383520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galgalesh.com/userfiles/file/88156624957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukusudedagazokoloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjk27m0bjatdg6kfcfreoe6rpu/27560433523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86388690278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naratotodasezoviwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g15p7tomncn6is197hid85n2h5/gemodufejafupefikosuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/201723149194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614055203831275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/67195591149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e93384a8cfab64701ff5bf167031e715/jiguzujilowotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20eae4564bc601b53306bc249fae4326/91587469941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=sap+basis+full+study+material+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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://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_off0000d827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD827 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 7e5eb631d96076fb2c2839fbb3b7c2e91373d7156d734a427b62c6c89b9f0b8f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF218 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2A 19068 bytes
SHA-256: abad81cba3962df32887d39667463e690c427032e1583af857f7e583808db821