Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4252771bd9b828b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 16:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 290ac3f1a943dc4f6598ac365c649add SHA-1: 15d9a0063954018a55bef743c373de647e407660 SHA-256: 4252771bd9b828b6005086f1b636de3003d7e9c89152811b3c697a0a05d22a88
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, with numerous links pointing to unknown PDF files. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b167fda3316---naxofu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a4ee077999667d89cbec7d07377866/bepipefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/sejewoxabitijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dp-silver.com/userfiles/file/15380672573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d75a5391b---8946520936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8cec3d6a2c320a0b3a43b3b34633175/tavabamobesawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e146720790876d3a01aa057aaa37a776/latewiloxozizuputetojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/48145736158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d663b903a58---5260481698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbqij2h0ic76q5kjn87mtmn5a2/87781210456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinic4lab.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210704031923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huh.hu/UserFiles/File/79832408881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93959403062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/24052248965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/gamufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e306e86d7b681a02fcac210f60ee6891/33718488610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb90678b34c---36748811091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b81ff9db2b---jufifinovovewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/29213275981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/negukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9cc894c48---17923586075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1731f74bf98b1adb6d36219e868e408f/xarinezawazapojijakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visijeginileput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da702ac3b4---xibedofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/88592530189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbef91e0da---23781663958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+states+supported+the+virginia+planPDF 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_off000111fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111FA 10832 bytes
SHA-256: bd615a898679aad57da116c136fde24bed0a041c8053119239595b39b9225829
font_01_sfnt_off00012ab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CA 17828 bytes
SHA-256: c4416302f3f8135ddd1ad8ac69160ce8cc68a7c24b6df7d812b08fb281d90677