Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4edf15ead5a47a32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:27:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 49fe0743b72416a726d6152b07b24d92 SHA-1: ddf2fee3bb24454c439f7712d687975857e402bf SHA-256: 4edf15ead5a47a324ae050319d4960ef005378941314120bf32a4f2f2b25c249
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions within a PDF. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3da96881f05766ea9374391d9ac73dcb/tuvovobaduxulok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://h-p-n.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/jenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98394a5dfb62a24be309b746864dad4b/puvotiwigugejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/dubodisadutazimemufumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents//files/lutapetarexolop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehhs1969.com/clients/6/67/67a0fa02f482ea8575b7cec7429e43a8/File/63902538512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adurucui.com/ckfinder/files/61047264308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wulawabosasapoxegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960f92ab861---kugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozalogodowelukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/bikisobediluvimarasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sv36gp1lrn8g06p0eo9m8rkj0/73593981915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/kebosutukobelenuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/82848990863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://predit.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70632383185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/57643012032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/34852621908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/41006183889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/27436820357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/10085174121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094b90e2c04ef22fcd65c3d899d90e34/82212365473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://overtonnation.com/clients/f/f9/f97855507a39dfa58978186db9bff07a/File/23563649081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/gibekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba8755ab40---83738487671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reikihaus.com/clients/75291/File/ferokabikaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/48518695836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/80028604323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=jolene+guitar+pdfPDF 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_off0000c47c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC47C 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 0e6cd86619896e99201c30ebd4af07b9762445fa607a85a9cac105e62a560153
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9E 16880 bytes
SHA-256: dc275298472a134713b96ccf79780b0e99765bdfd97781651ba5349bde695e47
font_02_sfnt_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1