Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dfac398f00c3731…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4dc8f2dff2ab84c8e8091363be8f8a23 SHA-1: ced2f0a4392db73b71e1b1caedd6c3227a3fb9ef SHA-256: 4dfac398f00c37315bdfde6ea4a3039724d82245f9007a059acff47ea4eed36a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple potentially compromised domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c5c6a6882---tilugujavuminorizanelos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607930f5a57cc---2185219221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/xupedojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zotebugalarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogamuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/sakivikuvafanexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitevupigezibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/29899067216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/97527805381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.houstonorientalrug.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasegogafoluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b868465ff8f---65426116783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/galasaxumizuruzileka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/laluvixokemewonizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/73476030920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://democv.associasuite.com/imagenes/contenidos/files/depalibulibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ca60739968ed67ef6c0e035570ea55/wonenulaxatawewufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5807eb89c8---gejuginivozipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59a372e58e---kizogujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/maluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesowaferenawusepifixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisibunesafaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/rixawawinajuvavefuniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=making+friends+worksheets+printablePDF 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_off0000d674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD674 16356 bytes
SHA-256: 41482e35b44dbaa9e6c41ef887e01b04073f74678703fc5a192acd4ab0060090
font_01_sfnt_off00010077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10077 11088 bytes
SHA-256: f5623091ed59baa35fc939849f61333c532f1c49794202fd851f20de682de64f
font_02_sfnt_off000119db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1