Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4d2d60f943d5534…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:32:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 873992a4f4c68e9515576165816e7188 SHA-1: 217f9730974e8367f3993cfb75d5bef9055fe68f SHA-256: c4d2d60f943d55348442bc32fee2201660e82a15cbef7a1548cf2366522ab228
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute actions. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://sallytour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210916_F971128C55929634.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://octapus.vn/images/uploads/files/54494245312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/rozakulotofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415dbe010ac---38975860975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/geguzifivined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srub-servis.ru/userfiles/file/1112068368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/85705205619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/rotimusiguwofilefizamete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookmyexcellence.com/bookmyexcellence/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeripanavulalonumevopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/14714658476142a9065f919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fawarorutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/18221793035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/zajumoxuguzilevivubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/99699873729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338a558ea97---71848512471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kkrrlmmqustklgk4dijvov6to/22679054856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a8b166938---gojapuwarapowovakoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanupatopebaximuliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiftnb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36189885573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbffd7e0f65fec597c4d1fbe8bef8680/botelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/wedutikugatojuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamsangloc.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/75307110668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=englisch+lern+app+androidPDF 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_off0000e91d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91D 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 145085b32e6210904e261f8d7f59551c977a5dfbc06be43bc4883342b83a2722
font_01_sfnt_off0001013c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013C 19228 bytes
SHA-256: 44902bc05c698415077031192f8bcc4f8d824b4c778e8e3ccaef8df5d81b50c8
font_02_sfnt_off00013258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13258 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1