Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4e56c7149557a36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 08:59:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1d632bc4100f8b7a25f316b55fcac828 SHA-1: b8051caf274d3cb5bbc1c1de2387e146c2344f45 SHA-256: b4e56c7149557a36388eeb1a6266c381126565edf32cacecbb74984443708eb6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+definition+of+balance+sheet+total PDF link annotation
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_AEBCD13441F6CC5E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44010397351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/tanepazuwedogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae1e7e2336b62d6f6f77ced27eb2339a/pudodolenaxozabitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/41287660166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/rokodekunozekega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418bkr74hhud5viro7g8q54f3l/59635585526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72667627001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2085ac60d37f69b2a8af30eb35863acb/bijogusitomamatomurijose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4fa6e5461---49731479981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a44bac4d3caaa8d0eb591769811cd7/24369424746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21194882863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmg.lv/img/uploads/files/20338791476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/51304988478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/lafetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8a1d57e63---fofuzire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/ribidonisubugugikunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/68665452779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607991823711c---73433421308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/vinolunesuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/190911328251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e60d0b0abf---56847224412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotuxamodejagujatigisapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/32212352116.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_off0000e8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D5 10608 bytes
SHA-256: f334424e55e80af5672c8b0378bc85e9a0a10ffa68aac9e8267ee85066a2ec6d
font_01_sfnt_off000100ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FF 16268 bytes
SHA-256: c48cad1331598668aaa8929539dff7ddf5f23985473b86a65d6468676e8be27f
font_02_sfnt_off00012aff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1