Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4079806158f3006…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a845c1ff95785d7ef3ef11031b694b5f SHA-1: 7c3af09a23386233f7eaff3fde927b976ced7a9c SHA-256: c4079806158f30061af915cf1842be8406709221b60cbe42cbb2960de9a3e836
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to download further malware or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=smallest+planets+in+order PDF link annotation
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/61131868392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zapatosperezcabrera.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/muwiputipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46604181788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e414460bcd5433a41bcf96d48a386e/95296438841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/kefipajoluvefeduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribafexuxizewowotakero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/zawidizoludebekope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourdentist.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zulalinarorupojaseluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.trakyasoft.com/upload/files/5223606822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukikaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/7614900648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533aee1a7c36ab593415a7084d2735f3/juxobosofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienanglass.vn/upload/files/jevirabodutimeluzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/logoruwabokuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chulatutoracademy.com/chulatutor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79398726559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/mepujames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgrafika.cz/userfiles/file/56509581952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/42548312377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/92338101831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/vufutizitiloruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435da43f126---mukijimilom.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_off0000b6a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6A6 16264 bytes
SHA-256: 37b56079bb3445266ff59500744bfb4647649f7471b416aced3e39b9fd8c89a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE013 10628 bytes
SHA-256: e208345b62fd2922784e743fb92d40e9337dd3133adc2e2b02137f3b11b9fc1b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f84b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1