Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4dee80e584bd398…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-08-02 18:43:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 44d75076f6590ec8e4c77c10e2940098 SHA-1: 6eefa79db3e31f8f82d7bb3c74536f90c9a8d4ca SHA-256: d4dee80e584bd3981a44f073a61a9abca7c2d1bcbaecd9a31e65c593c13f6062
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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 http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/wifipazurefileluxuseriku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac45eca163---veposafiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0754fur7pe7jjtjcn1tnq7squ0/97557592941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820efaa98fc4e3b5c1807b0fdd1c427d/63119530147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a9dd1cb3492bbdc6493ee7968297d0/32834450122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/69633242172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/ritedakope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2c21e4e79d2d4dc5c06f7e7b73d02a/gimiridatugisiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f362d0f0f75424a3ec9061e676d977c/fevarinimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2csa8e113q7e17kkk0cuqnf5lr/kotepufodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d41e9b84---kuvoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/73291248121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b290b89a02f3dc3a4ae590b1c5453ecc/27427257478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/58416397773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94236a7973426f7da8660dd6995eb9ce/72773542577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/7154198598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idl2mirdcdnops5ci3s2745ih3/59510456634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b673c0bd2---pewadutoruwape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b034ae043---21574605386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/15222968096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d69ae2be8ed233fc62bee8385286ac/zimunevilorago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/71215228874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823c86acf98---12854135596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210627234233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf27593e57---kirofujujugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d47330554aaf8d2225bf649438c570/10686838436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ee6bd405b---jotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=arvore+genealogica+em+excelPDF 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_off00012390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12390 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 04e86cb50bfefd9638bd5e2fed4ba88ab394065354b4cdd8c552f22c87f79b29
font_01_sfnt_off00015155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15155 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 4fb3fab13ec318aa3553edf6addd6c428b83fb9392ac6afb36e46581ee4c635d
font_02_sfnt_off0001690d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1690D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1