Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4de17d725b984412…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 01:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e6219df198a6bdcbac37ab777a8ed872 SHA-1: 306726230380d5aedf7968dc0424d8a3aebc99d7 SHA-256: 4de17d725b984412b165bc7f63cb46bfa5e94c81ec7927d8e95ff084a8b6c892
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, suggesting it's designed to lure users to compromised or malicious websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports its role as a potential delivery mechanism for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ragini+mms+2+full+movie+watch+online+123movies PDF link annotation
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5221ed7ddebb93fc47802257d90534c9/8854201085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3bsx3iw22bmot.com/filespath/files/20210911114152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65718485071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwemfjhjk.friend-match.com/upload/files/94904306172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topliving.sk/userfiles/file/bovapezolumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909051812209808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongdung.vn/ckeditor/images/files/solibunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogaxapasuvavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/bojivusuzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/wekagupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://membermimpi.com/contents/files/467529518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/xitanokugofilikagibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovepetclinics.com/file_media/file_image/file/90078010782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be0454bb7a0a10324e99b2915daf41f/mabamovefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e36b07bde06ec153a94da041c804426/binapivivugijitutebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0909/86fea24d6f3b11d52fedff53624e55fc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parewagenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161481596e6a5c---zidimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/kakagamosigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/1829124832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/58446246082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/50155143205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/98774007728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijatubivise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ea72948c9187eeb4797bb9022e4397/nafitawawelesugujase.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_off0000dbf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f40f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40F 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 1aa12848e742fb71f97d0a7b8b1e41030c4562c737bd0390c294b1e0bac89b6b
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB7 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 61e8fbdd6cb9ce4a9d377cf489ff596816b344afd5b117507c3fd59356d79f01