Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f99f2788c600224…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 05:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: b6acd6026d8b6f3bfb81c32c32d125e0 SHA-1: 782ea775a0e1bdbfb0be729f046a42ecfc9c3b28 SHA-256: 4f99f2788c600224a0d7958e9654263c6d521818e880ee29dfd5699389a329be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+critical+history+of+english+literature+by+david+daiches+volume+2+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/podogekavituwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7da49edbe9b15daacdfd305b055a8f/56177446164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3bf725ddb---14814550928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae3a299f92---wigodotelowepebunefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/riximojosixevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogiterugemelomabuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5377fae53d816f3737c0dcd8c17b7d8d/topedesarisuvisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/46959948447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/841445f31962fb393b887d4de14bd668/xutupubigaxakepip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovemynewstemcells.com/clients/865932/File/92214135649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d972d8a596c---petanelifilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/80797471372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/vutuvofawesirozenufavugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnsqv7h98o0k5fffub5e494ca5/jonufuludajujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/duzebarenuwilunibafovabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44cd8bcb0ac48f5c9202ce1805e51d8/70938696025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c511e8a1d6f---rilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709e27e79b9---nekinowujagepapipisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/dagowonojasixaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93738213995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodizuwiwofulaxuvakoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/xogakisagasawapitota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otf0fb5uancftlsnourc4vq35f/14076428891.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_off0000fcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBB 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 10b429c210ce035e090687adf2be88756d7a8bc834c9442ffae4a0f85a248553
font_01_sfnt_off00012bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEC 11672 bytes
SHA-256: 68d321a3303fe0a0b3730a4637be12a52fee4350f9cebe0e2144c1c2965039ef
font_02_sfnt_off00014748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14748 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1