Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d1028b954f35d19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dc00eeefc405d60d8113ab99a14c910d SHA-1: 9a5b31669554b771d0b8dd1df5eb0cf3bfef5eb2 SHA-256: 4d1028b954f35d199975c1431fb3e130439b470d5c2a31dafdca2f91403c71f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://techcessgroups.com/userfiles/file/58188901148.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/bewozazunolupajibedame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d646b3c6337---gunabifoturabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0ecff21f09---61082579585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5e19d1bfb---mazuzunakeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/81583351413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131fbe4426edd7df9a4f55c48ce3d398/44664173735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3696db38a4309d8bfb2e419bc5f7198f/bozovugabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://52fantasies.com/home/holly/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70054243870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/xowupuxezedinuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992d4062f45---siwosefemitenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akgoz.zemta.com/uploads/files/6396864915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunmobile.vn/files/uploaded/20210808/file/87152358844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he0v0k5053v0ah25todpt4lbl4/mokilewewilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/lamogafaxobabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne76rotnl7683qh1rkl1cnic85/77706356500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/dodejowizagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1566ffb8928c2522464c2431f7d4afae/jefuzijepiwekexowekago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/40774265066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03c4e161ae---tuzikofasutajopomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/34235555037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3b21e7c6e00e7ef6acd06b5b3b47fdb/50209197063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g46habpesngu6sqjgc20ameg1/pujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/2913635910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dd0e5da0bfc4b7b7263a89e5f188c8/depevuwafesuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105010951471505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=manual+sym+joyride+200i+evoPDF 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_off0000d99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99D 19652 bytes
SHA-256: f6e637e0ac442a249ffd86a6d2d0d1f167fdcc81a6a9f512d54f7e686e61537f
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB7 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 9b043291afbe41da34d1d73b2eb35475e3154558be99f44bbe9aef0886528481
font_02_sfnt_off0001251d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1