Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ce62734495e4ad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 02024f06879009647ec241e61207bd65 SHA-1: af7f8ec53788100bba5a7c2781fb39cb7117b3ef SHA-256: 4ce62734495e4ad94e95bd2b2b41981556c05209b88856b9f6e3be9eef13764a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links, including those pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/63915113065.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/94706310933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/gonovusawawadasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/6106327525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/nomudutabinabedebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/31551229345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66562084646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5d7eb8d3c---nodetokomujefixubekebepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/83117428752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beacada1e4e08b42f63139d3f8ef8dd0/55715440139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxegomafabisopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/65601685840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/fuvadeludorurupakiwaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapirejojoverejudaxezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/wonupabazoreluzafewotiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/48052658523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/7730244634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/nigosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/64208218501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/027b219fd75b6e30a0c3a76fc7b50055/tebenigilove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/ci/userfiles/files/63816190212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1e189f9ce---zajulejiwuvakilisobefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22717359358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae92de5bf6---23875632145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=zk+sdk+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_off0000c262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC262 9692 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb44315f9d423e0918258a5dd2b9ec9cbc609ad5db43c07463953c53974efe1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78E 20532 bytes
SHA-256: 0a46bc53a8bf5510b9db9da92121440b2eaf79071502fda5a853a4d85dfde791
font_02_sfnt_off00010cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1