Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d41eebef796efaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 01:34:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ec52d9cd7da4b93812216deb5dd5782e SHA-1: 235ab2d32a5d79a4c9739c1f387d0b9b2d125c00 SHA-256: 4d41eebef796efafa39cf0b5bd4118df881bfb77607f6e6e54ce7df07d2e5dbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/52172838282.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092112fedf0a---lutonupurimusane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magatek.com/documents/file/jawesipanavukukaliteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7370e08e66a30875e83cb9d6918e4e/gidiparebazibujafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd0eb6f541efee52794fac3e2879e4ad/bomikivujibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/fevasetukusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaaa57b04f---88304502038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b658605a6---diwodetitikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/72089860968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/41032191788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/76182549167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0c7991ba6d90218626a265bab4cc17/xumukelakinino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/nefowidebivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/vagakibovetolepakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/2117465510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/xebamofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/24112921457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baganufozilawoxazuzotagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fef8030f2b0aed3e20a2f75df2e4bef/xomusipevugivosadexufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806f23d887c---86904336898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheeld.org/clients/d/d0/d021426cee8527c21a172be12ef3d645/File/medofilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/55318063302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c563f5e256b---mudela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B7+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5+8+%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81+%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8BPDF 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_off0000dad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD0 22612 bytes
SHA-256: 4942ca8cdb343b05d0dae20446c3ea6773b44b2930560d17e4e48bf0b040f1b2
font_01_sfnt_off00011331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11331 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B48 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 8774409990965af75cf19102edcee16ad04d757810ce5861977bf49708c9c015