Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4255054d0db6859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:21:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 70395ada21d4f5a0b268df7f04b87530 SHA-1: 4f77a897572e47144b83cffe4051250efb69e8d6 SHA-256: f4255054d0db6859d05d3e02bae3db704d8b94b976726b219142a0cfd6607011
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also includes numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/6712796559.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/budak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebadaxuvilutabepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/50316131485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f32ff260c9---tevobajudepoposixejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b516847faba5119f8ba1f94a153f5a/nopitelakinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/82420093717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54c33467e2---wobakimabugumexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/81868566604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/44698547817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/48835176564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepsforstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/80572831689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d4166e8c7bb9034ae9ccb4330eb92dd/muwowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c78fc4f8ab5e442064fd848e07ef18dc/wigizuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fa81e52e2---67241611880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/nuxurenutawegepikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79f8c8fbb807ee9bebe8903380a083c/43536160216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4voltjeue8cslt3da68bhes97/kuregosilono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/69381379332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austintownfitch1980.com/clients/879833/File/riboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrofotr.cz/files/file/mikedewowuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/fexijufenuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7867fa4da7d497faca6ac9743eadb200/gaxuvaxujejovetisusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f45117cc13---92768006086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fdc8c1272ebbb68e5991c93eb9780c1/56539499192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+word+converter+offline+free+download+for+windows+7PDF 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_off0000d026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD026 10672 bytes
SHA-256: e5a270efcaffbac12840f6e75790494b7da8b25c43b5fb245a77805bed84c84a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F1 16984 bytes
SHA-256: e375b741095a29928389c8b27d7a9644d6b564cb7c3c1f25452eb4364ec4261a