Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4472450454f4322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 10:42:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1b3c10b2a314ddb735216bdd41b80a00 SHA-1: f7e8ec1395df64cf37c186024abda342213b3629 SHA-256: c4472450454f4322a87ffea358a9a6d6d5f5d0517d4f2bda7752990945d265a8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection confirms it is a known phishing or trojan variant.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+box+4k+vs+fire+stick PDF link annotation
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/xuvozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a065ca546---letelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shirbandifelt.com/userfiles/file/3957997152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/gedosumusozotepikopisevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/83499778163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podarox.ru/public/files/9048399032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/juvorefikolesujusetivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phunhai.net/upload/files/90832782419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/10616703650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153fe2500f3d---24824845008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/99597373331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anne-berger.de/sites/anne-berger.de/files/fkcfile/nisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/wesevipalimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f8e164a09---17608668662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/68313450441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/werowuxudimaxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/litememutak.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/zakabux.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/sijiwizozotuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timecraftz.com/userfiles/file/betub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poojaindiangrill.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dodolimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47613372222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/zujijejiwubovenokipilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/23701641889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f96e6a33f75c113445825bc67a6bb14/nivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f9e7de8e97---72013847212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshorIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000b94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB94D 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 4b9a193b2adfd3c399c6568f04f8e996e5cf98f80376a77247e6a3bee874120b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e920.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE920 10488 bytes
SHA-256: aaff9eed1a89bed4ac3abae06a63c5a9f7bc44ce1f596f4b2ee3a2e239ed6030
font_02_sfnt_off00010146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10146 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1