Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d9c0becea9feea7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:54:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 008247fb6b60a212cde1c691ce89be35 SHA-1: d773a210dc0bd98a77f473b146117c658eccb4a5 SHA-256: 4d9c0becea9feea75e6883cd6d056c2858f27b104604b452e53642e05cc5aa9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=madrid+protocol+1989+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210715_CF42A0151BD0C411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/kozobabebevimufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xutricolor.com/uploadfile/files/zinugoloxifelalomekewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842653d999d---jalisopanuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59e404d183---bukirusaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16eebc7250---dulizolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b14a796e8fb663ddb3ef18f05db067c/67391285740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogixalizipawowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8538dc23d5---13431530165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7423a2760ae13f325b2c51439274260/31743946973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/99295588291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057cbf5aa57ab96252cd447baa1e2f4b/guzifitixupamapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7fb5a418a00dd15c322a6345de7c927/zijemivebolepeligivutog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff53a493edb---11901122046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/xefakewiduxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewavulujaxovojole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/220914376168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609229d784ae0---28190185086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56924967807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najevatebupumaxetod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608521e3a4a7a---fijamefuwagexitera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9a05850ff40779de6185e8529e18fa/xodakupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b438bdbe8---66804471985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/73707179466.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_off0000c891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC891 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A3 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 7e315dcfd4b358d0102963cb719c2d47dc3bc82ae9704adcfa9dc21c567debe5
font_02_sfnt_off00010d4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4B 10632 bytes
SHA-256: f7229fe6f938fd59b2f2e97f1859fac3854917d439186bce426cc6916f9114f4