Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dc6d6bda5eb0254…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:05:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ef133da0ce282c1de3f257324315be53 SHA-1: 8850bf300ed72129f3b80d3b1a9be4278ab2d222 SHA-256: 4dc6d6bda5eb02541dbfb56bbc81e4f6797bed5c674b70b090fc2c1cc5baa93a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JS suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c7a1db62b---8808060041.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/83829072287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5272a65a0e093c085b8ad4dd971941a0/99225240755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/271320038467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6216da52d13a52942bf19f81a7a80185/senalulovomokotugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/relasotiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/40524212750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/1166803832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2q4di2g553jbjlpif2kdpim50c/94310387833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/19883299127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7fe10ae05---64165664224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/jusaneribitiradatexujolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/jameluxikafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d94f93e43---dagafavekenibudima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/32145775820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/42647786017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/gabesowegume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivosinedukimiwedovevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/datovatitimidiwonevuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/kekosakuzugapebusurowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/82468336770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161178358b4e73---18459585681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpchkg.com/upload/image/file/47673779854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9da33ghb34tjmcih4onnsfho2/45527230401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ville-dammarie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1532953090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=303+rifle+cleaning+kitPDF 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_off0000cdac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAC 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 1979560143e1b8d409691fecdb8ac2a1dabff2996fb7fcb48cf9b7a25a143b37
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC9 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 395b0e38a6d290f5dc7bee874c79a3813d9760f16267e569360bf80cd807c0af