Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04a3b0f40cccc471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 00:47:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e60669895bdb58cf139c893af2ce893 SHA-1: 02c043c91bb2b9b923136c80dc41f38df9964651 SHA-256: 04a3b0f40cccc4713e383b76635852000e06a86b4ccc5f658d03f0d928de199b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains a link farm that directs users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links to compromised CMS uploads suggests a coordinated effort to host and distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94dcea39ac---51911524642.pdf
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upjdrdflno6mivjv81jdunrm62/62748784667.pdf
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/27593374837.pdf
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11rlb5f9bc2uc4g088dj76teat/8644245610.pdf
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/nabobopegagekilereki.pdf
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/tulivibezenusesapeganufez.pdf
    • http://hoangminhphatkorea.com/webroot/img/files/nukiledukukigominigebe.pdf
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/jamuxoxe.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ru31ee6slbv7cdoej8upv0gj1/fewidaraf.pdf
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/11462199221.pdf
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2997a6128964c47181dd78d61c178f0d/1659495457.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12255d8d62bb7cf80d8ce2e02bec32d/kerumunuxegevetemadat.pdf
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/62539666764.pdf
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasili.pdf
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/tofefibusek.pdf
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/vafisam.pdf
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s3o3ec4hf3hkl7et30ct8ra0t/17205801858.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f0a19fc19---50397737142.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4f7540af69---vupito.pdf
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/koxiwovugemukefonuvugevur.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b30e9da041---79785379975.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d03be3b3b---mufemagusune.pdf
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/sidawarikumovuregapanupu.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161052dc4e2fdd---53437498629.pdf
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/42393926652.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b728ec3a14---61725515227.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+speaking+actual+tests+%26+suggested+answers+2019
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010175.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10175 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001198c.bin
6591f348a5629a553dc296d24798ad0b6eee8fce8ae9f2107412cec4557dc668
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198C 10472 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013178.bin
8844fcb50a040fd8fd7040222b63ee48ed15cfc024e7b5f33ba5ba4beaf10568
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13178 17924 bytes