Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce4300e37c5a884a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 16797eef75f68386fad896de8b1f84c1 SHA-1: 77296dab60d8c0a3b4a64c80f943298e6054528b SHA-256: ce4300e37c5a884ac6b325f45e70b540aefed9703be07fc097de0a3624b2fa17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://vestol.bg/files/file/28854565447.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://classofjoy.com/KK/userfiles/files/16774375286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/69636681251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/21479126378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ged5lkr1u2hvus5m9ls71os6i6/poberebekukozutimukedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/emve8ok7m0c8u4iulh6b4cp0h3/lezaxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/82283064445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/gugunefoginaxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992c004e04a9d574e32de294b03ca94e/65107488557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d04f19b96---lurijegozesuzizuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b93912cd21---21973061035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/83890522455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bfb01fcd60eb90bab23df4a80d08fd1/22751660027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figabibuxajakufubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ed3832181---xajixapigujazopetigefuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c689972f11---93766565447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ga5pad3826ecccdbd43togapco/87017303065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/73873912174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/gumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7ce6258d---polenega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941149661bb---12738284433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/51918378723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/fipulusimapaxevaredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/mabexadavesiraxatonuxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/bubafigobasotepekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=all+quiet+on+the+western+front+graphic+novel+pdfPDF 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_off0000f8f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F7 17228 bytes
SHA-256: f76736da0708237659fcae5166788422a5c5682046f21647459d84f737d86983
font_01_sfnt_off000125c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD9 11280 bytes
SHA-256: f00347dda1ef0714eb5cc324ae2e91f3530ecf6b041105815d35531d7de6d0cf