Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4eb6a528f6b98b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d2744f724175ef535e41d9300c97b536 SHA-1: c74bf81379d689442ad2d056acf078ca5afcdb3a SHA-256: d4eb6a528f6b98b92ece9ff93e80f152b4f683254bc4074afe428ff3cac8bd40
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/49887279174.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/bulosaxikinisakosifilodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisupikasepesogomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631763262_ed88c5658a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1796714249613639ab8648c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/lisetepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/famuxele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/491531556d741106e546d802e2c47a8f/56691012527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c003a4a63---72519337700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/bijepirejosubifiwivumafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yibetter.com/data/files/noparonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/bazuzibuzakurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/626ce36c435911b9fa7638855a6b8e7d/87963045862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/lomafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memadaretebofisulejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/komuwofoxitaboruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/1852296131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50529001889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18699425588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7969a7cfebe4e81a8a0295a8efa51cc3/35412894926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/9151895684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/lakusawotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhgianggroup.vn/upload/files/63883959745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=live+stream+football+app+androidPDF 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_off0000b7b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7B4 10824 bytes
SHA-256: cd1dd3ef846939a893ed51690f46ffd8d32005a96a0a5265f0cbac6e3b8ebc79
font_01_sfnt_off0000d06f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD06F 15820 bytes
SHA-256: c449734dbc99d9eea05d5bae12881b188ce190abc3b6d097a901a025d8210616
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1