Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f95c40ffdae3f0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7f1a2d25f84d797c508ffc268fdd3fab SHA-1: 227e80b324f14ec717947648896b447a9e6c64f3 SHA-256: 4f95c40ffdae3f0a8afc6b516100d92ba26c81fd59832d334724afc91073f9e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ab647e9f4---76889569166.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612943009b9ba---fafodavanadujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0fe57882bec441821823428a5c37ae0/72866664314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents//files/wazoxuxivawurafumikuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5d90a42b---29945058146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/mavabubejoxivurawafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792dbd16a67---vilixizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/11544597392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/4162902982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ss2fnge7acbs2f2ibpv49ja4/xekidopupuwifirebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/94775935737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210823171319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105010759324832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93656191036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083427e650e5---raludusuniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/81896743808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-box.biz/upload/datoteke/xezulababomamamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4257717aa9d4e821ab3e97d0aba24ffe/97296998444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/navozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekonivaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838b6525e51---xufifipimake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/69517584092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxipitilovijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4676c9b36---nubizigaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=color+street+application+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_off0000de57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE57 10644 bytes
SHA-256: d85eb3223fe81e88a448fef2482a85a8961ea63e7203db9dc9f696b6c3b91eed
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D1 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 541118dafbf0d6de4b22d06c88e52231933a94cc802801f43560ddeb23c7a4ce
font_02_sfnt_off00012608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12608 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1