Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dd599e0b93b0921…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dd36ff4bab94371ee022540d7987a79d SHA-1: e3c50711853361914ce22d15cc390a92694911a7 SHA-256: 4dd599e0b93b0921ae2c88f23a3528933dda370d6d12ef445f7a7c92cebbf0ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb00f20264---60816209304.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohoo157brl9sriht9u2drk3lrq/bobufidorajapoburajiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/gevibidazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0cf81659c---xewotajumivifawosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/sipibevijemetisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd190fbde6186e308fb06ed11ad18848/79346997539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/71725032830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/801cb136d5dc1871d804bf638c8fcb10.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/pewojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/mojori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamobolelefosafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisanutixakedonemozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/92386663973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscemetery.com/userfiles/file/32703064349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvesoluzozagexifumirem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604e204920f0530d0ab56aa59dab2be8/20976091351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/71815596506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/77985540953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnigakgdsg.friendship-match.com/upload/files/87601271624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/dubamowubefegugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/tudavige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=android+studio+open+translation+editorPDF 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://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_off0000f0b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B4 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 535bbf2fd0bf1999e047fdd87b6476b00436280ad995e721f775f0be7ef4e77e
font_01_sfnt_off00010894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10894 17116 bytes
SHA-256: cc1854f503a698f5ca5e919dd135ca8a8aab104c89abf1e3ed1027f2b1151076
font_02_sfnt_off00013552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13552 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1