Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e4fcc398839b582…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d93ba216d5703cd037b3356ebdb034e2 SHA-1: 4a88074f837722a5a3b2631167099763bdce59ac SHA-256: 1e4fcc398839b5829ff7a82908db058797dcc793f1109aafdea9b23afd3ea32d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting 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 links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an effort to obscure the ultimate destination or evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/nosuzavi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928f60b69881b2eac9bd97284097dd50/lalena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/72161713600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227274536abe8c466401ad2d055c86f7/xaguzopozimavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bstf7j947v89hr0dp8f262hb94/rikubomapekolitulifigomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuss.it/file/55934580202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/mibovubomatabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dc8292d28---guvesomudija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473b192c5b---74324931212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c66c2d6915bc8a8489183557c0d6cbc/88815761971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804b8539f35---85348728029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5d92b9d68---39200459045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca23cf78a626a64c00f03d5466e1531/16127549424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/jevojawejajekijifunowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/286938b250b6f2e6326eb7ca7d247498/52694420325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/fitasefujumefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d13a7a0c9---33768994687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77e546f4ba---68588259927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/silidakunesazipinumute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatim.ro/uploads/files/bifipiwelajaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77d2152b6e---doguxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c354f6b831b---25629450847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2f5a55ee8---44562810592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/rukunokizizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f165f870be5040232772aa8d24fb2762/86576971146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/pamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=differential+diagnosis+of+nephrotic+syndromePDF 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_off0000c712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC712 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 78ffc849b95f158de15c86dc2088429da3c4432f81ba2c975adeb8f3375dd114
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D7 17428 bytes
SHA-256: ed738908891efcb4f96b1dac651c8ee737754183c3d6440656670a60eef7d86b
font_02_sfnt_off00010d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1