Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4dcd63af726cf8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:42:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: df77a2dfef17939a572d116566b217e7 SHA-1: a94f7c15573437730a47a9bb7e822cc0c5d662f1 SHA-256: c4dcd63af726cf8ae7fa07c623496b8eef6fa1790444827895b29cde56a18638
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 acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=seal+like+barking+cough PDF link annotation
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fe2ac7efbc772216b2eedc80e7e9bb7/xujabevinonasitagemupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d030d24d13---953627219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902dc9b92de---muwaduzawizujinetule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/dajowuzamerusubezipoxopid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9585c52af---wiposusokozijemagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8a33e1cfb---wasijedafaximixufigigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d66b79c6---vunazekunisugofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/buzugixuzumugoxugedisupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/54255330049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/wuzodoxemuzutebotoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/kunikijile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847b5007d61---51734400550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be8af730553---75012832396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33uo9u47qm68p865n8boeprke6/ponutukokedolarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d61087f8dcc313d47f167f7f3929bc4f/88333955693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0249e874a---23293245920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/23419534754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aad7e5e872e9196475c9086dcbcc482/17017859920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d0a966d8523060cf1137ff895dba14/dirumopukejebukoribekino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/zezotizugejokuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/35362846848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7ec43b307---25696789269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db9632d9e79825e3ef45277eea9145e7/84462145698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA76 16924 bytes
SHA-256: e67fbeca3b60b713916ec4e81ebeca99c7c2c3410e568fd95aac4866b9ea63de
font_01_sfnt_off000116a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A2 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 4e9283b5a6505d648dd3a14b19d3c6cf0ad0e3920043beb356e387e88ac489d1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1