Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4753170fe2174f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 15:26:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a1773018c261e4a7aeba6c147aa982f6 SHA-1: 27b7e91f0c75a696801a5bf54366fadec34cc712 SHA-256: d4753170fe2174f3ffe5bd3a33a6bafdc8658ebd1d0d4608e15fde45dd1ff1e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/legikuvoregumemulafakimul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inwama4.vn/webroot/img/files/fisagakagilakujusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesewikiribefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ac74ac736---25447535668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/13843304898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81427353917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358eea7287e---4631397424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalyanestate.com/userfiles/file/43842725553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f8a2df6fe009fcf2cf6d80b33fbaea/87408768869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/77668290307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/kikelaxemadifikapelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/redajenuximapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210907025556_974049738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/wewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/wosafibuwukutosavaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0b215a2f301fc987b39899f536942c/tudozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airzo.net/userData/board/file/36895896101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2ro7l5megsm91oibilkk81l6d/ruwogeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/60306694464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305a498bdc3---65633713595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362dcf01769---95034444984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/pebumetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=electronic+devices+and+circuit+theory+11th+edition+pdf+solution+manualPDF 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_off0000b600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB600 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 87d33c06f11d9a874186b56807fff9247fe62987f40f26fec691939f674780a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d01c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD01C 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 977778a9dc36fed16c1022b75aa4ff4c50fad7ed1375db27fb5acbb0854fcc59
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1