Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d7a22c9ba1179a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 04:52:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 151c5ba94bcf17b9791268c3bb43af7e SHA-1: 250b42105160508d1be92bd6e5be45573b8d757d SHA-256: 4d7a22c9ba1179a5b1a5dc06e1b2243a9af2a1855224711bafab16288af0fd11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac6c3b885b---rafikeduregokuxupodoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd89c06de7---fixolikulavevazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/wusimikalomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/koweduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.larucheapain.fr/ljk/file/82258600725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/86333084960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608977926ba31---saxobunaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95fde550eae65384f3de0a45e3ad46bf/rofejofawoxafulijaliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/57789412429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/66230240973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea32d039cc---doziwakobuwedapobowutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/nikonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/54222989172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents//files/lubotavasoziwegita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/9441434676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/widejologubijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/78471087220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/zetepatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/82295119855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105040209103469111g8j14.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/dimonudiwidazemebijoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/14189263848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7eaf10e7cb55e4cbd6ee347970db41d/kofesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97552a7e3c0dd4ef2734b544f52afdd7/masoxomimor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+the+lightning+staff+in+originsPDF 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_off0000e389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE389 16456 bytes
SHA-256: b833d74502e777f2547f1d245781f5a621f824108149d6188509dd35e33f293a
font_01_sfnt_off00010e1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E1A 10832 bytes
SHA-256: b13ad2ec35071f600045ef1ad4052e442ae14d501117642dd7463d38cf9920ef
font_02_sfnt_off000126e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1