Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4075df39aafefa1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:17:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3afdc73deabde765c3cd7e282c2a6113 SHA-1: baca36c405d2da359200a4a0141eabeb8b5a1e28 SHA-256: 4075df39aafefa1c41a26bf371ca6c866957e3c5874f7e551a03b473bf60710f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with a spearphishing attachment used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adddfd3a8ce---22608038888.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/wukupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871c5dbd206---gekinurovevuxoladag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da747d1a51---76532166560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_EA10206FDC3BD72A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/25973039494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/4404620382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45a29ab455---midavagopunevegafoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3e210c0b4---luzezemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terrebleue.org/userfiles/file/wufuletuzugubuwogajetejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d85cd246e9---saverepesape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/medalopiteluzuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/54609509404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2fca74d73668b3fbb51dce6e763a04/ragodoxatarelago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/55643240857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u518usofikja0k1muh0kon49hv/diguwejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/42198548926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cunhq7v4se9tjun908lf9c4u5/sogirogopiteponuleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.village-gaulois.org/gestion/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42882803624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/64126436256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/73717160225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midospa.com/upload/files/52984284845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baoveantam.org/upload/files/lituxosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=young+in+latinPDF 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_off0000cb1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB1A 17628 bytes
SHA-256: cea2051e52b59896cfa0a492f7d843e342527eebafa1ac06a4301aa5c5ae59f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF836 9964 bytes
SHA-256: 872ceecd3e142332c6b2f76b5ec1d1cd3670cd22d1f9e938412510ff8a3a8abf
font_02_sfnt_off00010e63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1