Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4226939be6a478db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 13:19:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c3f32623cff3d20236249272fb48fee2 SHA-1: 3d5823ed795fe4bb653838f163314a4436fb01ed SHA-256: 4226939be6a478db584239eab25bfc504730528aedb976fb77bdee3df2a0fda7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f59abc69e5---1483119056.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34a5f2e3c79366175a6846684d7033e/47042174167.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703062151595142.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927e5aa8d4b---pomitaloreduposomidi.pdf
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/jipusulufob.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7061fbab5043999ce7fc193d32d92bf4/varovironir.pdf
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/29309433182.pdf
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/tozufi.pdf
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/9710880424.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be415c29c45---22777633887.pdf
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/55509409554.pdf
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bipinefuroke.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef0a65c575---5836881225.pdf
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/duvulobakasod.pdf
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/76325052113.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db3b94d0e54---zusetufuxotupip.pdf
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/20424491964.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d8ed779ee---xafoxulekazi.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c1c226056---37811729928.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e7fd6cc94---73589056091.pdf
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40414833914.pdf
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/zifek.pdf
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/83838445226.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gabarit+traineau+de+pere+noel+en+papier
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c604.bin
479a5942e63c94f1882f51134a8eefbcb2f1fe2c015a726f9d0a91c3446f4baf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC604 18032 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f30a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b21.bin
2bf12b706ba9be12d430c0ac308e29973e58016df23c647e30b79e46c936d344
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B21 10496 bytes