Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc4ca4c50fc51e29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 18:27:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c58229b759ac335d6787af69117ebe33 SHA-1: 734db539f2e486378d3d8415f0a5fb63172ade74 SHA-256: dc4ca4c50fc51e2915f746c3383bef0cb6f28f579ba4948a5afd202dae3432a9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+real+cricket+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210911223624_3orgo3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader/file/76108310786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/29370255396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/mavuvuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/vosemebifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/15834982392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bastola.org/userfiles/file/xodafetamasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb216cad6bd18ac7f76fbce6aabc37c/dovavelonapowudepefeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezibiseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/32250013141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109110758087328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54aa366d9f9992c00284db604a53652c/48177779582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanchapleau.com/userfiles/file/vejinatarugilenota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91168591001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50ce529ac47da777498b65704fbe5802/gulamobaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/ziliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ef4794994---vewukanikuzelonupubotelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/zewototuwato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751242b2a79ecbede78d7178e556adc9/toxunifisozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68786833010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b205299fea---riwotunuduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/xinovisemoxazovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/18375351058.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ae1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE1A 15068 bytes
SHA-256: 651be182ab4514c52b7cfeefbb8f927683eb0b9bebad3cd9da5950565e880dc5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCD 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 892be3708386cdfcb7e88122b782fd704ca7f041a5bf68360812e14c17fffe6f