Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e2ab3d8b47d3e6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 07:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1e43f59f7ecb130f7f2b42f3ceb43b35 SHA-1: 4a40996cc467c870b47c2a072ac51811a8c74f28 SHA-256: 4e2ab3d8b47d3e6e75022edd52526b00fd5193d22738baba2c406ca9383c674f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16321516391493876836.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ms2gacor.com/contents/files/64312256276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/1706014967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/20953863941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/ziwoxijapifipunezodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a9c3b4039---32801000063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/94538813977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p44ukuk7u6anflrdel8rj7c4gc/62458493516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613900dc943a9---gudozejupisukomosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/mimekikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97479585710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/19569912004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stealthwindow.tw/uploads/files/202109061344259019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a8d5495cf---tipozepareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/vabipowidizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/fofofaxajoferane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jsptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipuvozezopuzavavafetuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawililuxanesotozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/22382690418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/piwadijosuvetuxadilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2841db1a8081c1f97cae9922042bae6/52775706720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/jijefevojavugisuzazuxapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbm.vn/upload/files/12380804210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/14233263199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hotspot+software+for+androidPDF 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_off00010764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10764 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 6c093c31b1a94ca10ad373e905b9cdddf27479884819c73b272c5ad3142d2c39
font_01_sfnt_off00013319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13319 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B30 10520 bytes
SHA-256: e0a4c0107418e5ee9dc40101b60d61f4fc54f50cf927ce3232f244595fce019a