Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e7e362a11f363d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 04:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 663d2e14fd1525ceebccea9509bf0623 SHA-1: 21d3eea7888936bd93f5d92181a513bf14565f81 SHA-256: 4e7e362a11f363d03cee7cec3577a7e5894fd2f92bebfa100a9c3946fd2071eb
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 compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which host further malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf1fe8aad2---mivuzutizuroxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/72023200598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/ridefowafisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e71edd634---38311153907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989fd7d64d8---kasutakamufimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23561a0fd4---pesaxeguwidumoronilolabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/16609150394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/80553655798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yorkiematch.com/clients/6/65/653dc45b8f6063886304ac4260dbb99c/File/sipefevebekadovezuveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee3bc48bfcd---menazazatejuxokivoxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/zedapedorekige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0007c6a2cd---difuboxaliwagonegigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/files/lozawemagerizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33789796926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078840a47ab4---fojaxemixusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16214405799546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fb9fd8a10---97109742460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/bivofobebogesovazinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/gijawivazobosotofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/vupolibitejejiloregobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a26949c55---37034437453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/34834490037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/39279592929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1c5bc7d75---ridatele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/siganabowugiboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=olumlu+d%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnmenin+g%C3%BCc%C3%BC+kitapPDF 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_off000123a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A7 19076 bytes
SHA-256: 2d75df821e879e49fe7f9976fc7ef6bb6a750ed422e9e2b0249734bea918559d
font_01_sfnt_off00015235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15235 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 642edf61b45cdd49f3890e9a6569f80ad445a631d1ee88e94df24a6ede556d05
font_02_sfnt_off00016bb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1