Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f6358c036ce71be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:31:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4d213368c0e4a27ba756458b70c2d3b3 SHA-1: cd4612667391a0b20aaf2c417a9307209d849d93 SHA-256: 4f6358c036ce71beec40b612ac13c62d064547a83ea80c5800a63cf1afc846f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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 https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31fjs4avrhed01a786fejma902/2163052869.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210911040321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grootformaatspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/kelajotafopibonoredijisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/1246273661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/28059991483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmedcentralplus.com/userfiles/file/xawusejosigedepunozonuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/mepejoberubifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglory.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83127739001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825b0233fb---52620037079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabukupalidozoditugixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/vofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/11394318387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/bofubivotejujotabazogivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ab099a793---79880156228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bojovesporty.cz/userfiles/file/45569267222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/tulewesunajedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuinvandecruys.be/file/82486273418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/37517154560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4fa4e87c0---49092304892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdad12457a---komudanived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezclasssites.com/var/wwww/dev-ezclasssites-com/data/files/91233850298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135dfd58f380---7088053899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fefc769136---vutazesenenujesosegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/3872623905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327136db527---93921102372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cara+transfer+file+dari+android+ke+pc+tanpa+kabel+dataPDF 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_off0000b95c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB95C 10876 bytes
SHA-256: ae70e30d5437d295465093e6dd343db3b4f6a3df54c81e1e93e3fa45ec87827f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD260 15368 bytes
SHA-256: b42b36ddc8f0d9cd96921e777e7cb7e7b88991741c9b6ada04d5761336a58647
font_02_sfnt_off0000f936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF936 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1