Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cf82a1a54d305fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:16:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b2899b8207be523fb0ff236518df3ac0 SHA-1: edd4364f3b3f82b3bb6e783cf8fc1b6992a44e41 SHA-256: 4cf82a1a54d305fbeac488aabcdede22348ac41bc6d857fcc0a1c2d98e71e322
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 hosting PDFs. These links are presented as download opportunities, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing and trojan activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3d242e33.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/31484677582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thompsonhigh1980.com/clients/4/48/48b9e10b24f1ac3c627dfd5bb8c45987/File/49398075365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5e8323f9c---11179121153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/55774355563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b29d9c2b6---piwetoxuluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96ae2ca30f---komoziwijigazidutefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/58820799122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/bawetizenefutiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64190036eb5c884cea0803f1d713f14/bolokoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e407a89ca2---xilupozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ff07a4dac---4990091632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887000d0af2---52642908735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maysoi.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/12094267838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af065839bc21fd62374d9238f488a1cc/5136684889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/73713592747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68039839310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f9c9f6b476daba29f0ca34cbe84e32/tiraniwapefeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42084303889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210629075741721554xupm9k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/kibaxokego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/27174989692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/3862968626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+adobe+acrobat+professionalPDF 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_off00011d58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D58 10816 bytes
SHA-256: ba786e88f8c443f72bfce674c34b840f64dec70844e9da903253444a93df7aaf
font_01_sfnt_off00013637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13637 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E49 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 63ef9de778137aab8013085dec0a82a0dc22597e00b1e160cfafeed45dad7044