Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fdc63c86f84444f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 91999af10e4731b7c0692c5fa7fedad5 SHA-1: 4dcad6e4fdc6dd30a81f13e5452a83690c1843af SHA-256: 4fdc63c86f84444fc73652d17d9baa12a0af24c66fefbceba9ef60f4fcd6b71f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised upload directories or disposable hosting, reinforce the phishing and malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/batoxaburep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/wifemelikafenabureli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118c1e21a085---57882148953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dc5a3044d---63651474604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restaurant-lyons.fr/userfiles/file/11897676037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a57e11f43---wifufowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ivis547a9r6buq1do0ejb91vc/84414016276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99396329296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/91112740326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e38c7bf6841a3c26241d0a0239096c/lekiwigagigaxanipojuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_088CA2FD8122350E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/65938509640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/kexotivigezamusujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210718022818422501zma4ljs0nhg5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krupongs.com//images/file/38932650144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lechioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/nosoguxafosokutumalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/96386964883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a064b08d3f7---78791047358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29645bdd3809910251a3c8eca525fa70/vowuxonovidexemafazotijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb430db8b0---17383442860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/44013308713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/vexunagizizilarabororozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4fd5337411---lebejudagadumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3272f51bf6d428cb1545c4bc294641/90014118578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+makes+you+the+best+candidate+for+this+jobPDF 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_off0000d988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD988 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 27744acf23281e070505236a3ed9f2a97e1f15f8aa985b481c88e26fba500095
font_01_sfnt_off00010777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10777 11264 bytes
SHA-256: a355ea6c2124fa9dc018e54e550950567c139aa9b1e05b0a278b9b09e337b870
font_02_sfnt_off000121b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1