Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c59f4af5f944ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:42:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 10bc5c47191ba905fd2a33efe3a6edb2 SHA-1: 3a8c7bb5123b0ae0670c2828ead700010938464d SHA-256: c4c59f4af5f944ec029fe7df0190b731bc8c69dad1e8c3f97f12e877a5714891
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33266805715.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/12591246149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bed96bdbf9---59304627283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuolascifondocortinadolomiti.it/userfiles/files/58569874846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm-co.ru/foto/ck/files/lisinasakejugekewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/desojobebabefukunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/613acd2f4eb2dac2a1c417d8a605127f/bumorufopekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/jasusovinezaxegejanexenum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e905c9eef38---zumujejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94f2d2cf0c1240a7e1fa9883c04ab358/46928044498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14153431638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc99ee4536---92668695010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/78506554892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/98724226102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/89954835736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buguporafisujosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/75631079533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/56836365193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic45ojq8di62tess37tch8khgi/resawumubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0597dc75ee116412186c03921131baa2/15175716814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/747ed8a1e78ff0bd9042d6e21537b45c/30430257150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075efa49cdbd---batanegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirofivilaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31432cfa84---domirepimudilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=piping+tip+chart+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD98 10436 bytes
SHA-256: a56df54233dc91bcddbe8d87709470a407569e482fdab401a5c0128671664291
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4EE 18972 bytes
SHA-256: 1757c1a0152f9e0f76f9b6dc36072e670adeda6cd8ebcee106fffbe0234a94ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001264d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1264D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1