Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4e464d6825e9a20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 00:31:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 559908edf0c62d8f03ebb68ce994256e SHA-1: 39ac28557ddc4f6c9e9ae64256f61bebb0d5f390 SHA-256: a4e464d6825e9a208d107684ea17ab039629543e76a0d8147c4439a6fdc5bc2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The heuristic firings indicate the PDF links to compromised WordPress upload storage and uses disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/zisexugasawekuredafu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p81sj3fllf1pa6h5051a9kfei5/rizagarakimavoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/11393799459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/vulafevaborudejazune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfcc05327a---8565342578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a408b04b34d822a8ffe62ec9c2ca0a2/vasifujirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/pebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa4448ad1fb76f972480d462357a63a/53162018974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/44245693451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/5585642730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a476ca885784632b964e9cafc7271cc8/94300890854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8c214315e9de39885e433e1de30c1d/30823561885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucbqokc612ldhtjeo862p76f67/77831793158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/napiforobesaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharidyer.com/clients/863431/File/64970294875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/26827171437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8449e3d497b046c1f37cbb5717e04eab/42496293640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/guwimelaxotigororek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/gutinewoxukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/pifiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesuxabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/23705100968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/54740429823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e184c42e08---23162038337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+creative+cloud+uninstall+macPDF 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_off0000dc45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC45 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 394c977cd9920205f97bb890a090d93210e0dc0cc3611196f6e884ea337c4f80
font_01_sfnt_off000106d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE9 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2f0dcc34f1a754388226ff83e2a4ec7b368bfd48a796cc4f9d9228c9a47f88