Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c239ed35a2175e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:35:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dab793bfaf10f487620d1838e53cad8f SHA-1: fb34695f1014fb317376b411e73d3a8720240c42 SHA-256: f4c239ed35a2175eed21194918aacbb27be34ba9e4364f3c725133dc5e841575
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also includes numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9078ae52dbc9c0611c535a3205485934/38388568302.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/saxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfc166a59f---33384513692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f17b0bed8896869ab8576e4cb1d89f1/27183898134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/lemozefujaxogekalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusisubisedamegibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92491369070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/96009606653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47255558595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab0f7e5be9---puzuduzimofedogalupiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/65742448947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3nsq0u1e1r1d4064rm4prgdi5/8079380300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/xeganef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e30ff5a4acc39eaed19abb81e6b973/24986026077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/1627588588515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a425ba830---47982721897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/89104001015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85e93edee5b130c08d5446462f020a9/dujekovegozeguveler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4b8704f9---pawawamemidubade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/rusosafifinorujumufiwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/34833990197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12f540a466626c95f825fd8c527755a/mekikezakesonevaturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969fc131f19cb159bb550eaa4e043500/27209903160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgewood1962.com/clients/2/2b/2b25cacec04995aba37d275b9c35b4d1/File/dalevixupavuwosokitameli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d4c1a5809---16658337728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=there+subject+verb+agreementPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C6 23984 bytes
SHA-256: c8f099644e7627201432543f6b8add8a43cea5b3d57c147d4c3ccd37a4bd9dec
font_02_sfnt_off00012c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C58 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_03_sfnt_off00013455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13455 10816 bytes
SHA-256: b8ee00c480027827414ee73fb5a7c5e2089461191a38967e6ff3883b8cdb64c1
font_04_sfnt_off00014d33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D33 16576 bytes
SHA-256: a72ebf6e35708285459052c33099efb484303ae9d5da903891e213165c53c9a7