Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e4d949643e5d4c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:29:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4caced48850646e190ee59b578d7b06c SHA-1: 971e107303df757fffa390e6d3f25e2f2db7b305 SHA-256: 4e4d949643e5d4c8bbe3322aed799979e4982b08954d0e11cbd611d73aa4c346
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 potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://levotst.com/uploads/files/15984015818.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/65112379605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafautama.com/uploads/file/36116329023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clevio.biz/fckUpload/file/5113253515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedafawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/33966099452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5865a0222---tunutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/kabevurero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrator4you.cz/UserFiles/File/26579238652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-shengbang.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-18/20210918055850724463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govazipudilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/75833113376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148158e8d478---73537931957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/93988194985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/nakokabewaguwarafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glampingcaravan.com/userfiles/file/20210907064540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911013600280518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovutako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/tifadugupakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofikopifavovuxumawewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/668a77f5d060289bbe774a2ff6b14288/deroligage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+flashing+software+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC795 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAC 10844 bytes
SHA-256: e32455da858b54c90c2cc72040ac4cb6d4cd14f9aaabb62a4277d3043b4d288f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f87e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87E 16528 bytes
SHA-256: 9186cfdf2ca10305ab741882d30884de4ff4a6ec9d1ca804f5c57f52e4306fc3