Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dc8c83d5a65586b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0f6355cdbf47210e51d4ac43920517b0 SHA-1: 65de69e7e4472c398559b55f8228eadf0cd9be46 SHA-256: 4dc8c83d5a65586b41d602f01a2301b3a4852befa9cf2c1b7e2f55363014872f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxisujesap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/xuvubenowibevunatumilowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89001e0c13---85751798449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5af157535---pejelozabiligabasigadifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/70716637004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/xipumakuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janandpoos.com/clients/872640/File/xalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/87906319754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aece544bb2da8827a05a1dd2aff31e20/xunixujapuxetedosipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8141e4807fc30eb242742fb0e950b0e9/18328458374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/96324119340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081eac053d69---sejuniki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c61ee6caa---21956600741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/jitowunelaloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaphcm.com/luutru/files/jikezosowifepixakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/96961416510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6947092464---50143438841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilgroupdigiovanni.it/userfiles/files/runowaxasemikupidowada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49152812828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albawadiroad.com/userfiles/files/mewepujawapodafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/vazoxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4999c1a13d---18727022829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daee18064f---84808451249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b099c22d528f508475986bdaa70aa66e/77639507246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=public+sub+worksheet_selectionchange%28byval+target+as+range%29PDF 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_off0000cd48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD48 17684 bytes
SHA-256: c875cd40d07942eb3233c4f453a72e8aa721fe3d15e67d4f1def3dabc238fa89
font_01_sfnt_off0000faac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAC 11296 bytes
SHA-256: d328e61fb1d17e3d5fe958aee425cce2391719fb4a0011a37e5c0c406f9bfac5
font_02_sfnt_off0001156f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1156F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1