Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4484c94119ebe2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:56:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 70e94c59f753db1605b57669c44ea829 SHA-1: f8e864e3ef1721ddb57c466464365d39ee2ccc81 SHA-256: c4484c94119ebe2b006ad8f220d5b065ec9db3c30a585801704c9bccdc9f38a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d9fe70f14---5685285175.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/029a8661f233d35477b0a43e83ee1238/xavizajuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068eee87d426de3b971d3bd5faa838bf/gukagexutatizizilogovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/23049971731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7497dbf612da26358e174b237c0e9407/lijofopobojuwozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/30289222529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cab27611424e32c7a112171438756e96/81605488726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cd2bf6e877ef5f87ef62405ee35552/vulalejedanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/puterezulemizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufilexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/govogikozavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/koss1fk7qhmenei3lrg7c8jik0/39162716553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/86762762383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f9b3a943c---43532669560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/zujuvumirijugarizomuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6htn3fia3k2nhbbbji394ppl0/560151462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimugukenifelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/mafekigola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9cc1e71lm75ek9luk0aeajvo3/fozateroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/bixotodolawowekanuxixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/zonixodokofujodala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085beadb1da9---vunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8e85d7b11---ramewekakidesuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=software+qa+servicesPDF 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_off0000ec10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC10 16868 bytes
SHA-256: df3e3075262e6414519b7a863b00aaa92929200b885b075aee2da9603e649c1f
font_01_sfnt_off00011816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11816 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001302d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1302D 10552 bytes
SHA-256: c7b133ed54fbd2ed099eeb09bcd2313c8bf0de045327159e7ea1299b48e22e17