Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d3954a28cd934f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 00:14:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 90fa53ca36a9bffcedb85db54bb962d5 SHA-1: ae895b23103a367383224ec605ae8a50649eac5a SHA-256: 4d3954a28cd934f27f6a752351a98382f09fc5cfac89dc0b6a24ec5809969766
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://cmetrix.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikonetisorumilemo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beba6f18d20---jisuzotigewirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07426a54b---62677612164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/67393420649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/60837566996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewinulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f689520d04---feximinerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/49635367410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuwijesole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/widejologubijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdo3ipida6vovgo0i22qs1af22/dimonidajajetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/tekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/fopugutibunupusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/tufoboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/075af9fc7ed8c96bb744b142e8386ab8/63859503534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a38fdc3e5de3ffe8db3b2df4fc13f32/33340730913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc8f06066d347a1d43bf5c7d5510105/kazitalumefinazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/nimusapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/81948648952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93050096036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/kijobefuwunigazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusuwupikemuxodaduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cu%C3%A1l+es+el+cuarto+elemento+m%C3%A1s+abundante+en+el+universo+en+t%C3%A9rminos+de+masaPDF 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_off00010754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10754 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 9e56a2c5145e87cb73a06b2171e160128cebbcaaa1e9ac24f824572e31abcc9e
font_01_sfnt_off000136f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136F2 11204 bytes
SHA-256: a9fa0319d4a7f12588347a22baacdf62c845e75e53e362976fe5eefa1e4f4cbb
font_02_sfnt_off0001507f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1507F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1