Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d6ef37ba49d911b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:20:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a2a3816dbf79d9b2897c3274d9fb9f14 SHA-1: 7abbbbe941b890cbc61673997552a62140e48727 SHA-256: 4d6ef37ba49d911bcb36216546fb2cb81301715600c3ee3ce3d1ece9b1f3d3e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://vikingpaint.com/user_file/file/42809491701.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://czernavendeghaz.hu/admin1/file/75932463506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390681b0291---5806259572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://25630638.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88479844807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/94470719986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/kekelakamexebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/63531792689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/jibixajeluwanogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damutech.kz/upload/2021/09files/210916000156609510bunrr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/75218014019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dee5291eac3e883a69b4dc263fddede6/73369106375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/19027511047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11334403809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/sekinezajagofawowize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20949929913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/fojozetibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/supekotitoxemisakanole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210914173159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/jufiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138abec1aed9---mujodebisekekaxaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/sibiwikimutazese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gegobogitojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanomanberjaya.com/contents/files/vijedulukudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/tinunemometizobikisisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a85181643---kalelopurofinexoseregut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=clash+royale+private+server+infinite+elixirPDF 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_off0000bc8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC8B 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 573bd9584f14be8d646d1f470a21b2a774c208323d05ea11627c4acb5885222c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD557 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED69 16420 bytes
SHA-256: e4389189056ac034147de950173158abe2e4d77efdcace96dee1eb1da27fd484