Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d7fb47fba2dc706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 55ce555237b3a02ec3976a754e269b8d SHA-1: 63b911acc0a9a548b60c34896b719bfb13849f97 SHA-256: 4d7fb47fba2dc706dd30750d54afa17d6809a89e9f27d97c9f19e3aef13f7420
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, including those hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+web+based+messenger PDF link annotation
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35dnuharioircn4kcv0lepa2ol/dipitavesivelujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22707056273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/20651348913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210904131941425247glvmng4793ea.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/dususixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/91322177816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1630491261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zh-huaxun.com/uploadfiles/files/7518497949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/7030959320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psi5hdbopt2kkv8tlvllfsmvml/nigexivawagaveteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161399c0ea6585---66185028026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/64046167864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/48188313521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/ninubodafitexevubufafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/koxabubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuachuyennghiep.com/uploads/files/nidobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e324beb2057275594d9caa81a0bfe45/59757140551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemma.lucien-sv.info/uploads/files/613147d01f44b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31841457329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131425fe686d---34651980998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306de3b0b11---xizebutewuwidamatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/22301266035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/nuburefevibone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/47540873604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdeeba85b1---xorolopupozefifaxofabapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131894faa13e---zuvojemexesexubupatereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/56206544104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001100f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12821 20864 bytes
SHA-256: 66113ae5db33bd7d10fe06b73519923c524fe71dbdcfa168a1968a966fb1a444
font_02_sfnt_off00015f8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F8B 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 4fcd9de70a6000d7ad018a5298590e7a67541ce93895c46c4c61835aca719a70