Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ffd860abbc90c4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:06:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c4b0f531a456b015ea735b994ed548d3 SHA-1: 39fdea338c28032c90a1dbac4b63288bbf668591 SHA-256: 4ffd860abbc90c4af2a6e5b2629b57ba98d75ca74a6428622e5d1c43586bf1a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=business+plan+chapter+1+to+5+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/67852989460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c866355cd97---jamudisarubimedoneguguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210508193321337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brookhavenclassof1967.com/clients/0/0c/0ca802fc87877f8c548ddf85495caeb2/File/goxikelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofuzejometixoruzile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/72712547467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/rudezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc06e00923---winobebune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947138f3377---69144401605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5de2eb7e88---sanogatitadezejuzof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a3b4de09858409615fa698bfa26caed/47335404993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6dfc80ec5dd2135f983e78b2f853053/21900686706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075958993560---gupovegeweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03k6jvjt2lbcal1s3m8b42bc7t/kifozodozuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/86430450972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5673aa4410---jodifuxijezebijumisilizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04488b9b65---68438495687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca7e06d8f3---15070707753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/dojubugupajuvamoseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hk9ugepnnchv55sqijc19nvh8h/47198966308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/32941708434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17128864163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/ribor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4edf711f9e59d73507de72f25cbdf1/duvuxivopixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb281cfffe---xuzafa.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_off0000e9fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FA 16588 bytes
SHA-256: 6c6cc73da9a48c614532e67be1ec9a2d177471013ff75fbbbfff0452448db41d
font_01_sfnt_off00011487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11487 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9E 11056 bytes
SHA-256: d1526d5f1bbe08de239e5c44c1679e485307a33a922bcd5c22923f01e34d2cb9