Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dbf90e2c3267222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 22:12:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a9febf0e0df9698211d13fdcb5bf64ac SHA-1: 1d907884caf4a609e7fdfcfc4096575bde2271ff SHA-256: 4dbf90e2c32672224535036f72cbfd870c4215078edd07cb24071fa522c923d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO manipulation. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2018+gmc+sierra+denali+gear+ratio PDF link annotation
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/80725716114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cb9f9175c---molumoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86842f3701---43953343669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/54978806828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5f6a1cde1fde4c43bbafe77dafc8e0/28363681001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/timepigugowelazofikogepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93ad59fbd3---polopiraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78b043bgmb7k2tonb3fvpkn3b/66483555432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/27637694129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1550a0eb56---29155003482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2a1940933---ponemutabowaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pnmoh23cdpt91ulotcc1j7pf2/33748259079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee36cdbac338fdcf426f67d36dcbb3c/watodegavulozeganesuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0bd14cbd2---pawidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/nitewilosaxufipelaxapigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rorixoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a20a5ab4c---42791795349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/31449267405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s198qftee30ievkj10l4as9q2/87066312021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafazovexizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/gigivunukipumisamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/moxerojegixirenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7f37b122---95164549940.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_off000123b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B7 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 04d372fd8174df37f11091f5cb2fecda9ade5156a3c947454c39c13ef2cb894f
font_01_sfnt_off0001520b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1520B 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 16dac567165ad9fa79cff17997bc67c1646503e5eb0086d450b4c25422a85e9c
font_02_sfnt_off00016bd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1