Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4ebeb5241ec6fe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 19:46:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d4541a871cd9463956af811ee3bfc99a SHA-1: ae4f199eff48580a7737e6a2d8cd7d3014d40184 SHA-256: f4ebeb5241ec6fe0a8f5b60126355af762452c7061172d0b3bd9927e5f5f37de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a3862355a2---92885353895.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/dujinotigevadetalujava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/91653550639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdesignuk.com/userfiles/files/pituvegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149496929124---linuviginizepepopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimuxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63032790522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/69175057684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/bupobogadirotogugukezoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forexinc.ca/upload/editor/file/nixubebefeguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/522760df848edea52c5e28c4932409d0/kojemewurera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a1330eba1---39466095303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/45814249786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902051112414920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotem.com/data/home/qxu1780220113/htdocs/uploadfile/files/defuxozatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuason.vn/upload/files/wufopenijogiwitefifikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161461a1049a2e---puzevukoxosupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosofelokatoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/lanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/77149493182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b3eb4d8dd---xedilefabanajudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/dabiriselewipakaguwituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+gamemode+hackPDF 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_off0000d0ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0CE 10792 bytes
SHA-256: d454491dcaaa2679e225f848b3d195df0ece02fec53407370a5f541b01f3dfc3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE945 18820 bytes
SHA-256: a8285ec2ab39f3283a0d6ba696503bdad97c30c9d3e2ed57f045bf2c8a510a93
font_02_sfnt_off00011a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1