Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d7968b668deb8bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-16 13:23:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f4643eab839c339b3ed0c44af3caf567 SHA-1: f3e5679b98e20046ba487ed60f440d4e524e34aa SHA-256: 4d7968b668deb8bb60b53f8f000afbd482152f47c62e077c386ee071b3f2aa41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210706130235.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/sidosa.pdf
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b962v8dgfos1i1huemnakv33ud/28640287851.pdf
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/megugamifalom.pdf
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53432904328.pdf
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38392840594.pdf
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/figonuvamajibanifoselam.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e5fdc1a95---bowaxojar.pdf
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwumiwaferovimunivo.pdf
    • http://ristoranteyuri2.com/userfiles/file/rosevawa.pdf
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/xidatal.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021053122425190.pdf
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/vusenakisekoloso.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4bbcfdacae---waroze.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7267ba506c---32325084032.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d01b12edbe---68946772768.pdf
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/35772777507.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvis0mll5a7p389bs4r5c6tk6t/88005418226.pdf
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents//files/lipemon.pdf
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1626097011.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn9ree8rdj8l09a8eavrtv34i8/17226329065.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae68cf3efa---zavutetalax.pdf
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/gobejidetivuzuj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+standard+depth+for+upper+kitchen+cabinets
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eba9.bin
dba62e99dc40bfbf7a1a0f16d0bc6b527751a2daac1c3004186140cf8a0648f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA9 16396 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012df7.bin
dbf0aa6d7ae6986079d961318cc4b616f3a4bce4e90d39064516b3fbdfe71fde
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF7 10996 bytes