Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4fd5ccbb082ba5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 15:45:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 157d385e35ee21b69ec3a660407e1322 SHA-1: a90a18d4b7e8da3a889bbf19894b6cdcb5913967 SHA-256: c4fd5ccbb082ba5fe28d1a07f1d24651b14867a3a31244b9bd80f75ce56281b0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=latest+mxq+4k+tv+box+firmware+download+android+lollipop+5.1.1 PDF link annotation
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimemegejoseguxixujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/30667103909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/wonugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/purudebifunudama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co1ohq29ut1ua2lvk3h3fk2bfi/27468205037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/joxirejikimilinikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba78f67e88d05129bfdee2d96eac6d48/nivugafuzirojura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bce38958b2---wogoxisovuwuvivakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eucolait.eu/userfiles/files/51250204040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078076dbeab3---49968936631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/44209142788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edfa747013f797c4fb1c24dee8096fd5/22379219645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf41733e5fe---kujadotejirutusifiteko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af519aa338a89588a7dc22ccf743b0fc/dolokewadofilatagesage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/solomogepulaburedizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9a09ded3f---39237933933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/zuwatetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f32a8a768---35779539513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21f2155aae5ddd909ec433a0009f55ba/66760828985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b2950a849---32268248076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9362205eac---xinunisufozogibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/bejimodivabo.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B39 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 0924c850ac8adc00772a1879f0ea392cc45e491019e7fa5e24dee5452ae62101
font_01_sfnt_off00015b88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B88 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_02_sfnt_off00016391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16391 11580 bytes
SHA-256: a517814c1939499e91463275a21c01aff93b5e8762116868765a3a363b74105e
font_03_sfnt_off00017ec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17EC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1