Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4afa82db1879e6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.9 KB Created: 2021-08-10 17:41:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 146681aa60dfc165b4f53c091049b627 SHA-1: 4239a7691c7b811566fa67ce647b2203e5830fa7 SHA-256: c4afa82db1879e6c27cccbedfa8f7de4733178a34d11738df7ba8d53c36d8d93
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 WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to redirect users or execute further malicious actions upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31494716ab105a9dce6f7d277c8fb727/wufejexunariz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/44835261202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893390eb870---zarufivuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/68431472119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ekoforte.com/upload/file/tuwijijevirutizodufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/83991415898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed2a757f3de---xubozewimosuwepimovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2412bdf2a5a633a16581b596ddaa0de/43448835400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/gavorivuvitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/bodaxesagigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/77709791884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhm088226bg8obji67bug9u90a/gujatatavaneraxukozipobix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/70156006347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/sagizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4e275a9179e28977137bac1be24643/fovejoluxutijevuxufokume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g54psk453oqrinuernre122c83/koxumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be953cb38c53f8e8ce2d8e3d6b68b0b/20619308521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/luxikorumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a682f3443---lunelitelaseremevuxipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06215f509c6c891a59f9a5e9fcc47457/nonimipadazeduzimimuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/3173582011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=los+santos+martires+de+la+iglesia+catolicaPDF 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_off0001294b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14162 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 9262a8dcf2ff4f6783b23eb6691845990d5ffb85071466fb15da58936905cd27
font_02_sfnt_off00015991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15991 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 9a50ba71c93fe912931c5dd14053ab04a94e5391283d5f44b55be7361611790d