Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4026d6607503293d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6b63e3ae98ddd6f3175fd84bffca9b4c SHA-1: 5e1d229371632ae398d48d20b4d99db7ac65431c SHA-256: 4026d6607503293d0e54406a02cc4a12365acecf816470ba8c83c5681d42928e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF-specific heuristics and the nature of the URLs indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844d610da63---wajumezelagesotoxajudibow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3264fbf9389049f2444c543164e63311/67789972684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f4b0c417b---14300065763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/pesuxagejuwavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnwebdesign.dk/userfiles/file/zubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc0cabb479---1308979553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814cf9ccbbe---wovegawota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/xiruxivekuwijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/51979730139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jagenugexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cac7d7f378---tinukituwokafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2611e54e95---89049406141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b09fb0f18---16171784477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff4b4a34e4---nodosotebujuziwomulamimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903b3b08f71---kilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a06798ed37e96107175953429ef8fab/lilekelepelaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/78676518235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2aeae46506---44441881364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607132f520510---wotaluzazijozinunenagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/75014792715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/62321074001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608162ab86703---zudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/292186079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/43849195359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+pray+for+deathPDF 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_off0000ee0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0F 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 603d65d31071d4c60f2bf4c8c6bfb8eed6f52ca53d217e98c45655f76f76ac14
font_01_sfnt_off000119d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D6 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 02618211744cfdfd6208a387e6c35522f11c0f20b80b5a8c5e1492f0e2ccdb8d
font_02_sfnt_off000131c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1