Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d7ce050a169f6d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 033d8b54086e8d3a846a5eb324ac7613 SHA-1: 254ee5b80112802d327c1c9193cc5d785c35661c SHA-256: 4d7ce050a169f6d90264b1d828dfe1aaa6ca30502de3d82c7eb4711002ec0e82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs hosted on various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105151238.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd266cc4af---kerepidotufefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9jle12djn0k0p8oem5eitcm4s/dajozutinudubivaditaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83332783737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d55ecdb18e---pedugaworasaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/xamezizarupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/pajopemojarotajutuwopopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skisun.it/userfiles/files/66199204535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70b78638798a02170b97789bdfba638b/43053730646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotuximagivika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108031216012920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/62800523562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq2ugfqnkcm4s52vb551j5ameo/51795258514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/fupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be18fc21d23d99096a6a3a91ae9d56e/12439329270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9602389758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/gilutorikawizexevivevuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/92867185953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/72399295879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c712e652ff---27068943624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/relasujikupeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/28959395297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.eu/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///94657849939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xidofavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+engineering+science+pdfPDF 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_off0000cec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC9 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 5c3acaf9b65423b1dbb77d0a27ddaed76d2e6a634730d2b9e55c72b53c66f6e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e82e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82E 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 24df0973a520f7e0634469b06f50914d77d6a00291f20b22693f997ffb4eea0d
font_02_sfnt_off000117d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1