Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04a15c2efac6f7c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:53:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4869a8b9fbdd4ed5269b59e479d46465 SHA-1: f1367a0e319b7be60dffd752edaa425299bcad1d SHA-256: 04a15c2efac6f7c05f45eee8b949f83b53b5d8d571b3109700fd35e25b6484e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://tipresentoio.it/images/file/jurafanodugogo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e8ac1bd98---37130785284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/84010213383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/33341662374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c21058938---bevapolijetoxixuzijarezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608090ff40c02---50892366917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/niribibofaregafogixiwonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/12745234888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/wagetopidizajatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/vosafupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolocatering.ca/clients/874514/File/58036958885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f198b9df3fb54dff723c8c6370d936c0/kevusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a04b0cdf04387bd6fa33ff6a7608a331/482365812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e31c0cf0821cb40afec04fdf14bd1591/votojopajowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/defijevalogaduzetakoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/jiwonuguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24d4a1235d---sejebigatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f706af6f216c69e4aace9241721420c5/16563263719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9acd4d8132f79008c8f472d5a8a5d1d0/60877696313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12468234584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7b4e2d25d---zofijamimisekunolozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c27691987---40777257264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/runavibukapenipemubuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/libepidaxodajapabirogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+can+chicken+soup+last+in+the+fridgePDF 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_off0000ec5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010472.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10472 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 8c7e26329be9c490833773128d0205cd3b9db32c4871b59012e2e812312ecff2
font_02_sfnt_off00011e52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E52 16444 bytes
SHA-256: 146a6af00afc48c0b1e6e6050f499412c6ba3979e84e8dca510b8d9502181c85