Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d244980bbf7accd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 20:18:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 40f32784f51ac25f9b5b83f1e0e669f3 SHA-1: cde42d6bd6cf81b2286be7f9d0e826f17b073717 SHA-256: 4d244980bbf7accd20a501311345d5c16e9f740177542efb84eb2027c9f26306
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of link farms on disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is used to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=goodnotes+app+free PDF link annotation
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/14517147706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135050ec9de6---potupewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/kexozugudesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6b2c1fbe032867e6b1c43203c3474d/70931611701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7a02caab682e7c39675f28550d835a/davem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rupavirezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevakalukati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/xikirajelaxetogamapaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezorolotuxupotozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrmkaryacollege.org/rrmkarya/userfiles/file/16819898956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/95716999812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/bomiwunivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed2a12c798---34161122546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/40549165134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/29704518610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.com/contents/files/81172993128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/38274907458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443d3b8e4c5---85239121379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161468d8a86733---18533308840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210916_172844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprofitnesstrainers.com/userfiles/file/76511021145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/sumipakifipuxipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f66d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66D 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 85c5bb8844e2ae2b3d8597f3fac5d6c1fe1c9d10ca52116a0c23bbddf4dbd7cc
font_02_sfnt_off00010e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E19 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 3429facebb33fb2ce5438467ace406813a07cc9fdb8914f0e3d76c8639c8ad37