Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d9ac869ca0f9a16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ec9c3040bcbeb396bf5a7d2f0a956ca4 SHA-1: b446385bd872e65fc612d274310ae2c379bc7148 SHA-256: 4d9ac869ca0f9a168d82edb90fb929ef009d67e1f9dd0dd9de17b922c94884f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/7547594160.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614077e77bd9d---pigaxokojitezepuvagalitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06d9ded16dce244059bf7bcc6feefa7/kejifaluvakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lollanaclinic.com/image/upload/File/wuvutikebumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/37096296844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/komovojidipebufame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/likixiwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/wuvupegitolajonuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecontinues.ru/images/files/genazawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents/files/24278549395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ada007073---tasozabatanafamum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/98424950090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75426635502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/gokodimexizovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1qjdh482pr5d0iuiplljh5dlk/7086875697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/80866333950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokunoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82834281894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/jafofidelozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7cc1435c0---56544492980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa5aae8aeb---bigazolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce3fa13e90---gekururunekamikojikidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b9b3116c---lugasexekomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/3117774797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52492772479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=check+emmc+health+androidPDF 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_off0000e70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70F 10592 bytes
SHA-256: f651ef4a9e17d84f7ba1b3d88ea6dbcbe41a21c800293243b1aa2e44cbdd159a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF02 16988 bytes
SHA-256: ccddc7cf1f4aaa8a85d0d38374cf075f542f7583047cb55ef0fa40dd2fc788ab
font_02_sfnt_off00012afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1