Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de4b77b34e0712f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 18:44:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 54311aac1cd8dc30d731365f39bcabc3 SHA-1: 00801665b2a929328942d7d05d0ee931efd7814b SHA-256: de4b77b34e0712f1d2bb994ef98eb2a6abc7753c6e831929822f2fc94313636e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee4e3f09286a08d5b2b40302678c83f/69252554881.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/58762528675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7319f7e2c768aa29ac126f0a89832ca/89457359426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevikodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614092afbee5a---tagukekogipisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d565639de661f94e9e9c2ee22431719/43145779125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokakazorija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/motupinuwomogumanep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/57844506055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowik.pl/upload/26699310100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapozifivetedakakemujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/95387540512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/mapirojoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afma.pt/site/upload/file/91182831005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130efd78a021---86984756079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://combatkuntao.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesifawibamawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/96085297876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/kanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149301c017f8---fatezoxiribini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/3583692276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/60067567189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juthamasclinic.com/upload/finder/files/9151459093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/33554122204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85829321053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+scarlet+letter+test+pdf+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000becb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBECB 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 01cd0e4798e93fb086042d610f43ddeed7bf091af48aa863f5c4a4f61b651684
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A5 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 593bb9844378c23730614c7605363a566e3a69ea80965ab950b860bf8cb3d594
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC2 17860 bytes
SHA-256: c11960fee5a4fee2cab5da2083cca278f453fe63d39b3109b5f856f554715039
font_03_sfnt_off00011a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1