Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e725c334d7503a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:21:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3e5f101664d47547e970b9e10f2994e7 SHA-1: 0f6c115883dcbfa0adcb81bdcdd4d346651160ec SHA-256: 4e725c334d7503a49b77d0721e1411b8b701f969cd768aa5644e13954405c56b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, strongly suggests this PDF is designed to lure users to malicious content or initiate a phishing attack. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://network-italia.it/file/fefalivexibafoporuzaruv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/64846244022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipudunabaveginobomumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/rojawofemusubixuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202109130555421197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/vazepufubenewatavulaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021091304203173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136940624b24---donogepafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/dimilusepegosaxuwusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131055c87c77---ruxitunigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhosnorte.com/images/files/87605269901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b021bc25a47497bc68889ca1c33c52a5/wimemunowejanizifoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19859590445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/xisolinaxokapufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304370d76dc---27251688303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kangaroovietuc.vn/webroot/img/files/88613808182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ornito-silesia.eu/userfiles/file/falusepidewijudowegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/fesujijofizubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcm-invoice.vn/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/verifipeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmapmc.com/userfiles/image/files/bovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfwofficial.com/ck_imgs/files/43156834780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021090423102173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/10886922277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57228618917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140758ea530a---28081658663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+time+and+date+on+android+home+screenPDF 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_off0000e545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE545 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 09ace564029f7150e612d5e3c97baf6dc03f03f8e59a9b7e6e282c67f2744a71
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5B 17672 bytes
SHA-256: cebc4b4a5f6d67cc070955e0b3ce9399679fba5da637c7e3efd716863f380423
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1