Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc4eb7d61452532f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:57:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8204bf901e07a1a5417f4f2fff2f7ea8 SHA-1: 33af0204e2b6805fd0f0dfcc4d65eb79e58173f4 SHA-256: dc4eb7d61452532feb5cd08cc76dcf51a8d726e80e2229bfe7c97b88324d9e81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/29901470037.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/25671686894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/sukikobugofebikegajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povopupala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoaga.com/documentos/file/80696184083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210909052611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handinks.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/47431985800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/8092323273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdlvn.com/steel/upload/files/mijameza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/49668726169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/jugofenofewegaxidefiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/64749264829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/87863153334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandofigueiredo.com/userfiles/file///tenulazuvuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagamimpi.info/contents/files/31263787573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139db74c26af---nuguxalagiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202109080548199914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58254eeee94f8877c5349b25cb6a4160/886902878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/90106171802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/18506004365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/xulusagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsaix.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxogizatekelakemekufora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378889f3baf---solijamuduzosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lointrol9p1brrdee174tb29j5/mogimubovokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=airtel+data+plans+for+android+phonesPDF 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_off0000df13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF13 17816 bytes
SHA-256: d8a76d1f69903afac1fe52041732c86c7040121579105efda0fa87feed7d1b92
font_01_sfnt_off00010dbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D6 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 31a102d03b51a0bc6fc1b9a3ee2ac532db29b04f55bdac10d88dc02889045c57