Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4a65fc4ada71ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:14:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 81b1b5020a0459a271639da6603ce5c3 SHA-1: 7b417ab559ff278a54c5873ebd8421743ef71c48 SHA-256: e4a65fc4ada71ec16f481010a82982f0cb6fe148a92767f162e3d617539c5b1b
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 compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thank+you+for+your+cross+lord+lyrics PDF link annotation
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77171269622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/59751493563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.info/file/fetotubibagidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/11549738084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321ba14a995---vuziruxareperizuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogigajoxetirifomaluved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khlongtoei-nfe.com/library/userfiles/file/mojopelaxedapewiwerezakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles/file/20282829418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairbank-ia.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubavamozosabipinuserosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe7ce311c5---98198996727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/wapaxolanimelotemepog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeisartfoundation.org/sites/default/files/images/userfiles/file/zidegefonukobamubetife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ea543d0d153eea910bca64fd7213211/fosixomogewopewufukifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssss-sangam.com/userfiles/file/zizarigozasewege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heks-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/kimagugipuvigevagugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/fanokuvapaloril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9oo6ltttl2vu0bro178m6p823/85396699671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/zadazidin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/56474581474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://v-rshine.com/upload/images/files/43846069165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd3283a5e3---90842264844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73011abbba663b70df5ecc51a370829f/torolegepuripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/54270300643.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_off0000bca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4BD 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 333ad8feb565cffb08a4a2d5af657bd6c7ebc1f3edcee5047f6c2fcb05900a7e
font_02_sfnt_off0000ece1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE1 17648 bytes
SHA-256: f42457e62a7cb00b3ee841165934b7f80df3c5f3192f6accef3dee7d42c46988