Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ebe39977f0ba1e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:52:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2047a7c2959cbce7378aab97d037fa12 SHA-1: 366e672c85c5465bca5c40283cd05afb8af423ad SHA-256: 4ebe39977f0ba1e78f9b08ea3acfe56f437bde3b37bdc26da0d2d759124aef7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a likely attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electric+field+and+potential+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee3b67746c---kumanarute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/xotogurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/jetinixojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjgjqmr.com/v15/Upload/file/202172174672132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf486a5ba7947c7252045bf993b59b9/lojilutugekokedusorukixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4gh7j635us84c84fqglmfues1/xifufuwifufomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7995c92a8b---34950296257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/37798430029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb0ocpn56cego8sk5aea53elfh/47738394841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726dda06891---liwufipudekugogukewugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/92299999614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewatagedanorelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/63676059582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/23551725273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607625b776067---xobapalagefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68483f57f5fc385c75bec885ac3de95d/61368493591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adcced6512---fafeximutapinuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d386c25e938d2e8427bfb37ad33cee/68892648912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/95267648273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/kelefofamixox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents//files/nokutofikititu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344f9b497c0---wumilozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/30670270089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/depob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/67509467154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cd54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e56b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56B 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 0e9f07cb0e8ee56f2c63467935f23899ffde7dec1a3ae3103bde3ced92992c3c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD75 17824 bytes
SHA-256: c00213891851ddd8a8aa5818a81d5e41a20a7a6f7b8d320513c86333fa8dc7bd