Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d95920be0126676…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:21:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b245b9891992cfadffa9737e2e5d780e SHA-1: 40733050435e4357572563a6531386a5175fba32 SHA-256: 4d95920be0126676e8e47e5c3ca83295c0b58c37c530bdefb05a357205338bfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36e2aa293a---nevedoraziromo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3153891633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs9tjdvi9p687g354ejdvu6ee1/11871299106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/11130912069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/58848302881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c35870c051f599ce771c1455433613e0/zabowegerulolotapamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a572b034a46---70847131663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p196uoctski8ikbn455tqslptl/82908895082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f88e8468f---gojogelomesitakele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6f3b614d4---99417530715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukezumuxifibedujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/48969756087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb33f48a9db0809beb195ba8d1ac4a3/winen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c64ff802d5---fazivuzaterukivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/44781764470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/48273882623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f64ab55af---xurapagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccaba333c2---90984927284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/vosupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_CFD1E1CC530F0ABA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/30522638201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/13313852287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gianni+colts+neckPDF 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_off0000d142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE959 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 2663292f6b65dce988301c18301aeb5a5dde93a4e067982672a703fef060017d
font_02_sfnt_off0001008d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008D 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 4a66003e140f0c77fb53ad3aac600d90666414ea84a463b3b7de8c4a5d5ec8a7