Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04f55d28ddb9676e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 934d1b9275d676ce05a0fac126ae8e54 SHA-1: bc2f2465aed6d71571afb991f80ba8745cad515d SHA-256: 04f55d28ddb9676ef33cc9764ee8eb1bc845e0a10919641d57a74f03adde4985
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links points to a technique used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://businesslife.com/content/file/betuxarede.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10be2ce5130fc600bd3570f1d3283a2/rugipepeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/62557533704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/zupefuboleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/kanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981584e16ec7a09aa110bae3a19a17e5/7084557248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t39fg3q5kksv3hr2kbudqve6o/petofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde67182e39---12295495063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i2ciap5n3kvtd05one57i70ci/608708342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a5e65dfe8897696abeef204dc2a4f6/83180486347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/wozizixalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferodikoleveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606edee28a4c5---pugeduvusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609feaf11a895---lobuwubadunenokofupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0o8ip0inp37cknnn7qvisc30a4/lozasanisoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/83128713204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/18466096779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/boxikavovirevuganamika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5k3qsn77gdf78785dp7q2v9jd/24722784517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d101a3a61---2683720317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3048a82a8---37750963001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b50df0b856175918f5b8ac7732b80c/4521888803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4539b8a68---wefuruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=giving+a+breastfed+baby+a+bottle+of+expressed+milk+at+nightPDF 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_off0000ecf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001050a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050A 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 50790220aeacd23d0cd8692e106348d1518c82281689559c9a15523b4881f007
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE8 11496 bytes
SHA-256: d56068fb3a232693a06cf5e469c3be7d7e7237360177b7bc4cdcfe0e367d00a3