Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4aabb3ea34c4124…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 22:06:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2111271c9b084104fb031b1c7f86019f SHA-1: a59eb7700ebf6286def58d10835e1b4a3bf47d38 SHA-256: c4aabb3ea34c4124b716dbf78a4f137c7e27a1af1c7e90d31eee5b6412166c97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or redirection attempt. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///46587989971.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/milejipapotokafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef77609987---47654713195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ceb75debd---wifenasolonalidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b875e256500---62925180976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/gaxogukexaruzavexiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetsanprospero.eu/userfiles/files/mejeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785bd6af5c6---86942699173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a12ffc6956e603093f5302c591c49d/xovebujamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/naxijiwibubuwugevitures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/70076279360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ceb12a0cd---28788565830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af1f57a0582---batef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fu0u9op5cafq7118jdfhnht4k/mopibofenonefoluzudesol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/buwibeliguluter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapanogapufuxiwemoxipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oiq5vaug8n5o8b8gt2m7ovq366/23027710689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c043296414---31736343120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/94152772135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/fudugegopidapitokeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/87323090636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/ruzutomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e63203bc32---gimaramefuduzarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b356760a717d597d627e7e03f783dca6/basejinolagimajevejosede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=kenmare+to+traleePDF 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_off0000ed57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001056e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056E 10000 bytes
SHA-256: 856de22df46ad1a494df228beb0831f81395bebf05240eaeb0c2216159ed4c36
font_02_sfnt_off00011b93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B93 17448 bytes
SHA-256: ef89eab56172a539101ac4ed1d8b30f61a66932bc77c8d1f6262d4b4d059f1e5