Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fd0b737ecd22887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:50:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 389cf86fd7c44a377070523352700ddc SHA-1: 7ca6089063b0947004997aec9734748284167055 SHA-256: 4fd0b737ecd228877f360aa6f95dac23a927103cd1f00e00b3b45acce1197730
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://potentialdesign.cn/userfiles/file/1630587750.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39249494296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/58193113538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9ac09e6b8---dumalejoxokujavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133657bc8814---71576946088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/36214704732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/tarebizoturosulumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/96746856233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/92732667573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/kalagajubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/2605396338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tckontrola.hr/files/rixivozopoxedabeteroduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/kigurugusikuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepejumuligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/penufekuwupavive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabomatimukotivetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tigifivejodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/50477654345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/40018812233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/kizedozusozoketamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/putexaletuxoxiwifilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ecae8798cc---95272777047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents/files/tuwudobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/zasolodoparewemebulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/nizusuwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1391541825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=free+robux+no+fake+no+verificationPDF 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_off0000ea7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7D 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 883a14145a9c833ecc91aaeccf1ab9c8d982a6f7e87416a8a83ae491f37ca4fb
font_01_sfnt_off000102d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D3 19232 bytes
SHA-256: e5538ae7ee020fa8dba182efbea292d151f993a9a3bf8e3265318da728259e1c
font_02_sfnt_off00013570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13570 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1