Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f8c86b7598931c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-10-12 04:07:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: cd0bae96d63077dbbbf3cce8292abeaf SHA-1: bb32ca11683b9effc6324d9605e5af310593494d SHA-256: 4f8c86b7598931c06b341a402fbe5b97d503bb8fee2053c37045ef49509f00db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with critical detections for PDF phishing and trojan activity. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary purpose appears to be facilitating phishing or malware delivery through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/89318200503.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/talud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16159fb14daa57---35655427701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/tivopuloduremivisowosumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/29851682488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/22437479513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/21170847430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/lizitogemubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/11766464091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilspecchem.com/files/12954687034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84310239962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/66110037636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/39150366075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/58022130502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/18544281145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615f9c60a407f---kasujuvikaxowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/75020567772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210920_68160FFC081B0F1E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/108ab537ebec7fdcc0020038de405a8d/70818524580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/madetamuzowinitamusapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b2ccf32b2e---bojuwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/devupaxutuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/11749082349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/lezibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608c0db71545a47812cf3d1212b2ed0b/90244979354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/1hHberoKktI/uplcv?utm_term=hold+a+meeting+meaningPDF 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_off0000c96b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC96B 10312 bytes
SHA-256: da61058d01cc33ac740d47413a3b4cde5112dfa7dd9d07bde431879b67445c62
font_01_sfnt_off0000e046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE046 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 0cd91222eb369570d49a263109c32ae5ba92a7f889e86eb6117db2bb3ad0c2d8
font_02_sfnt_off00010e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1