Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4779453226af056…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 15:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c1d0ca6c5088e7fcfd4f35951b52601a SHA-1: a56ae449da0628f15a5051d02ed487303578aede SHA-256: a4779453226af0563ed10b360a841fbfcf06c1d091219fae55c6e86acaf95fce
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The document contains embedded JavaScript and a lure to execute commands via the clipboard, suggesting it aims to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, further supports a malicious phishing or downloader scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a12b9b537---22749371254.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/sosibazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_C4B4F9A11B641BBC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/90593998038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/vexegimaxagaganiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3282cd97e0ee1688a439f99e2db0e13/27238433294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gaifc3607mf23rhpr8r2srvalc/73754684080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijatilisaluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609687f7f3b7e---xuvojusotimuwezapika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/lanoxudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/kaxefikoputibipefojagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60l65en98c1rgsqelvgd2m9mr4/17037051580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vaa7sjr4oc639k825qusrm4d2h/74626286924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewsexes.org/clients/867461/File/sisetawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/nerorazowugefogukerelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24176836836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theknowledgeonline.com/files/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27374269347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d97904afad---89475247587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/74446137063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66602ad39d69fc655bf7f4c491e29e3c/32309638143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/gogusakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/vexelefetilupefijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u417rjeh2ldte2mvsgmaorgill/buvozasudovasefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=export+to+pdf+in+phpPDF 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_off0000c4ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC2 10172 bytes
SHA-256: c280294bcd4cf5772a304a9227d15395277be5b0f11c25e35439983383deb595
font_02_sfnt_off0000f353.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF353 17468 bytes
SHA-256: d2fd82e419433cbacf8084bb4cb97673e007bae88bf2c500ea2426a024f56747