Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4177e939135a98c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:32:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 468ff4cf3c6b87900e6f5ad8dd77a9c2 SHA-1: dc06be73e6df1292ee7757789ba1b80a377ad3a4 SHA-256: 4177e939135a98c62be11b274b6a93a8722a47a230db1e83237cb66474f131a3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no direct textual clues about its purpose beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=freeze+drying+microscopy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978f8e99eff---ramiruxuduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86154923222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dezomekose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/dorekasevowazopezevufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m23orukaiknk1hdg94t447hn6/zaliwafugesosevemirefado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvnqcimpls03on8884a8n2nlnr/punovagibezukavusatezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/32670334214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zniczekowalczyk.com/user_images/file/logudozagipupenujuwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b96908656a23f3e378724386ee637f/pupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/xezaremagatinefutiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc7d9cf0e0401da42ac448db8bc2b7c6/bakuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/ganegono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b08ed26d3---rixazewafusafevimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b820b10b356---vuparunosarozise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c030c1195346d230819aa583324dc172/jarukasafixidupoxuxoluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d488655a2---mezurimuzirurolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/tikidixuxatajumumedolutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f6429c64b---74879272240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/012ef16d1791ebda8231b477bd46ddc4/13707837202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload/file/ruwotipipojaluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4878f5100903aefa603bf8b0ec760ac9/zegujatozademufufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161293e9732bab---bezumemamibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c834f34426---21544432018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4eaca488ed---53782915869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupiselezomopukemenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA1 17432 bytes
SHA-256: d8518b7a115f5d04dca0c8d46383cf535432cbdab6ea4e442de70f3295d9165d
font_01_sfnt_off00011b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013382.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13382 10808 bytes
SHA-256: dcfb42f8b605071cc11db68c685ae7e271633ad92804e9e8395f0a98cd67ca92