Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d216c2ec4ecc3a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-08-24 23:54:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 02645485600caafd4a32c40188a78089 SHA-1: b5fc67ddeb11c76b84a49adc077ddb994a24401a SHA-256: 4d216c2ec4ecc3a83b973d3e84cb28792ab91fd9d55c71ea6fda63f5e98b9c8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites 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 malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68bf375769---sufetewaralatepalalexuso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9528988f8606df2ec69aba035ebdf6ca/25074352631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epwuae.com/userfiles/file/piwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41fa8a343---98904040711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gaduzonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7lsuuh85d0j2hj2r78k49ulid/kawataxinimeziduxomorebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/42488627825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ba2c309a1---57637332207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/25183257424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/92748802887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3a3a614b0---92455424234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67kd5f7skjpomklf89n18rrsbj/kapobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/78179977925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/varozoxixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dc505db0935a405e7567302a0e73afc/ponejivinidunubizuxadofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/gawoxasoxuxanapebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekanutifubufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifiripiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-7/file/rubidaluzejakitemaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/nixiwolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandravanshi.com/userfiles/file/89023993732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=zener+diode+specificationPDF 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_off0000dc73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC73 10528 bytes
SHA-256: e7c60cf3c3888354756768bd3f36a1ae93e960ad076bae60166564c48699d601
font_01_sfnt_off0000f494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF494 16756 bytes
SHA-256: f03610a0568544bde6e39b5a9e48a65f8874da91da62c9afc3abde24f6f7a91a
font_02_sfnt_off0001207d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1