Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d35282bcc248441…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 1c104ea9b50639769968636b351ee74d SHA-1: db33beec3c3f02a63b684e72ed1706769f921268 SHA-256: 4d35282bcc248441a07a52db693b71a0d70d80d7c4bc0ea75c12b3238cd3b4ea
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports this phishing lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/34093458193.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thanglong.vn-greenenergy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91678429022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405af583245---zepinaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiquital.com/documentos/file/63869578874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/lubiwemulutikajefofojig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/66278105327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/43383325760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglenhospital.com/UserFiles/File/89887607951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/rofofarokakodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1666-3668.com/attach/userfiles/file/bipawuvozaludaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f01b786c8c---pewobufodomikasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/16055258648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/vakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fcfadc310e9a0657ae06dfd784b4546/kojexuluditoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/kuxagazoguziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolisboa.com/images/ul_files/file/scJZzyHtpnXI.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fanulaxovemuxobafizinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/pilokena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/xaxafegiwegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/xivuzufedurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/zidagadifijikivotuzapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prompol.com/media/file/79480096333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/62178383787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/92251488180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=download+chrome+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000d237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD237 17616 bytes
SHA-256: add2870870e3aa4edb0b971c4d7b1338103893758583d04fbca72bb6dcbe59b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFDD 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 40cb387a0e74dbbac9a3aaab619edab550b19eb073f36be2e202b29cf064ad7a
font_02_sfnt_off0001195f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1