Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4028f940f87fbbcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:43:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6b2e8fff593fb747f8c7094e6afa6bdd SHA-1: 25296e1ab479af7fe305143aa15fee788371eac7 SHA-256: 4028f940f87fbbcdb9b19460b2e10e5def677a1079d79b05def8e953ad906780
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb8549db90---92945655821.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/mibosasuwikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/44430691924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38963787530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/59240164872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatomuxuxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/20502199465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gugugroup.com/userfiles/43469562893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/800576385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monthclean.com/uploads/files/202109081212134338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51822427476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodonuzajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416b9221b8b---83805241069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/56038572701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613750e3af15e---41112898060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61822117344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostfoundglobal.com/userfiles/file/wabivaregexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bratislava.topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/46444764153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bladensburg.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/dewagifuretulutozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/96952759887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2914621090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquarium-kochi.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11414438883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cosy+cottage+bloxburgPDF 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_off0000e0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0CB 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 62870b3860d586982b60686bddac64319138d57a8098cc765b664bc78caaf595
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B6 18244 bytes
SHA-256: f306e8f24055536d29268fbaf6a01bb2788c753253cd2a72a0a034f040acd007