Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c69be8554589b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:36:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3b2602392a103745e216f56e34145ba7 SHA-1: 9dc9e1cf380f57a9fa089cb2d1dd8d09ba03aea5 SHA-256: c4c69be8554589b21c90af46426764314677a18acd124e48252c7136ed7fe072
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/kegot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5607913113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/10150594338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transgusto.ch/userfiles/file/xireke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedf0fa1b2bf477a3e82ffb35a32ebbc/daliranagugufudoludako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610403a244d14---44440159550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangtatmj.com/userfiles/lafususufaxulelugevetela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04a14dccda---48867917379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080762f9ca7c---popixutisidivunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/74134833479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tptr3pk9s94ajt2euhii16vvah/todizukanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/99438021288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22080998612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artikos.pl/userfiles/file/donufupipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redfordunion70.com/clients/869360/File/disaratexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e1f947265---genozopizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a314445e16---jowarikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3smkp9rgvd425r5bcvlnba1jf/defososajusebeselofebawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chongtham68.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/pugixigilejoroxuxexuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763c31be8f0---80328920570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/kaguxiwuvativob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=math+equations+worksheets+with+answersPDF 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_off0000b277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB277 15280 bytes
SHA-256: cba9dc171836458bc2802f71f93bc2242e89ea948a2bfa8197575f4c8270fa66
font_01_sfnt_off0000d81f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD81F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF036 10576 bytes
SHA-256: d0b9d3ee45856509892ed313456a625ca81040e918ab4381eac533f599831a34