Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4f546750f1c9b7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 13:06:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b445267cd1ca089c63ab047a79a0e55d SHA-1: 97d6e84c54d64cbb8d3194f3c46c2513449cf2f5 SHA-256: c4f546750f1c9b7e677d7d244237cb4bd38b90c1f075102e65225202613c3490
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these compromised sites, which are often used for phishing or to serve further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+el+humanismo+psicologia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/57684396976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8e0082fe0e5e629ea83b0cfe3e8043/75083390988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/jinirebekanudufereluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/42913617083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafamuxifatopowadulefodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/59943462026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360ebb24731---6008435117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388677addf0---munalupejiludovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ac5e182c269d63cfd4c7f2f4e16a3f3/83890888852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oub3kr7chh9lsbp5o4kmmtphk4/35903217848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36818787290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/10718396168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyjourney.webtrails.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55909028136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3255e5f14---92902047243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonganmi.com/userfiles/file/14625673851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laconchigliacasevacanze.it/userfiles/files/21263352339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/76261096557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/80516172021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/84056746972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/bokakoxaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sas.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25785846761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangsangins.com/upload/upload/file/vutizufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverla.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/54677136667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/nopiretadivotugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/mepujezuzewi.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_off0000e72f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72F 19072 bytes
SHA-256: b2744c2dd6bfa084a84c4e92aac8dcdecaa8e1907cf8ce453d22f63328176bcc
font_01_sfnt_off00011806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11806 11028 bytes
SHA-256: a3242bf9b92f9cdf1f92010e7bbc25bd4a61fe10056b92905efb6b0048b961b7
font_02_sfnt_off00013152.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13152 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1