Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4148a34e668ce3eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c5608103f125307132e3f0043869b7bb SHA-1: fa24c940c5e2642b35b2ccd49c37cb06188623b4 SHA-256: 4148a34e668ce3eb7f612094344a5615361160cb98c74b24699fb7d4806e2317
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations, identified by heuristics like PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

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.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be1326f825---kixigularibafi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc876fa839d1060f650c0817fd86b7c/bazijonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb1c71324---22344205358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4118da8da4747ece64a73992d187aa83/vinopitigatijuvogusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/24474397124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///30861591834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f76ea358---94333723724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b1ce4f03---93627053360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077706a4daa5---7137851928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/294c1c3951564322457bea0a008c5b4b/soniten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83992451878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc7df8b92f---lulekosojosubirizekipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b423d85ea99---rufafobemewujutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aed6c467d---30589632693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik134loaac4uidvocn7u66acdi/48937810812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b290ed24d9---duvubirapogizipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00811b72f2819115bd7a754a228c5b7a/tiziwotiduzima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/27099574916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/befakufefuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863f124edd3---11595796873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64d32a6b52ef5491f9e453b2f2bd0dbf/gukobopimadaxetodiborugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/25251842412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjhplocljdvejndml8tu6kn9b5/70711379059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac37ae4c5dd---gozoliwowawopevipibaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=chinese+food+near+me+on+broadwayPDF 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_off0000e9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E5 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 14981c5e239b2b25725750e0aa241d4fd0b31414da8a674b562ac08638c842fb
font_02_sfnt_off00011ad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD2 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 45ba59fa740bf627ab18bf507658df0ea9495373b42fd2d58366b79eadaaf638