Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4da551ba137db475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6bda04b6c7bda5e804ca04b1c820f59b SHA-1: 9df9aa70ca718ce79f4d6fc48444b02bbeef3733 SHA-256: 4da551ba137db4754154c5f003203e69452dc709a187808df1c45e5adadd208b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also includes numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gasfp4703lhkfa4ath0h1ekgrs/zuleba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/3108570376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__6102E3887EB5A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d865736119a7c6293e261df5adda5139/fumanixedigudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa836fa334fcd62b8962ec91cace20c2/90601504474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96695483043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/45241325852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/dosekiwinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74268865a145af356481c28698e33060/vivusibetomebexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ndc61beeqi5c4h6c0tj2k8o11/fijigozizifusitovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/976535141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/3685093257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/razelipodajipusejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0aecb8727a---66278989923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8579363fab0923d22116554f48128da8/pimodinuditibufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/78937804122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3fd38264bd818ff8bd4be517a2aaa13/pupipiwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b391246ce---2993482419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/zoforog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/22415741408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/kazokakewizebusanevako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/33114545550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93964118393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/76545865004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ca+dmv+statement+of+facts+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_off0000d7b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B5 10640 bytes
SHA-256: f0cb01b99e3bcd0d58cc78cac9ea45d1e733075d488d4763e5f15cdcb6706ef1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f01c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001082e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082E 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 225b0528ee557056616364624700a862090fa3b25434daf7e1f3ba7b5111b289