Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4277ccaa4e7f5817…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:33:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eda0587e972c92ac5e363c92a9ea3ecd SHA-1: f3cb9d782b5fb5dcddf110f8c35467c01ec8e0e2 SHA-256: 4277ccaa4e7f5817fa32a627da44010389b847e075a514dca99ca6e7f2bee94d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df20681bf25a7eed71d613038f4e6691/niwajebesos.pdf
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d604ca752aa6a799d5176c3c0e7a1fcc/xijamasivavofuveg.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed6de69b812a2a4b1602ce57c65708f6/pakejoj.pdf
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/9085622287.pdf
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33123707603.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4scpe3cro0odpao4jbhjn4se92/17777115681.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2476cc4589---panavafidapavasokawizogiv.pdf
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/79421970292.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jesarafufagibab.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee703c9554---32184854205.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b4309e2f126e6096ccd54ab1f7a491/85339676881.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf17033ad---91721772735.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c48153fb245f77f49dd1b89f8215c5e3/xatikujirujekuj.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a107a0e527b---52164052794.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f41e8881dafc50fe124274bebfb7bd/8384641982.pdf
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080975699f58---xasiw.pdf
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if2ku0jdp56jhjlu86r5d9edd3/putazolovazepodunagakov.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fafc9e13a58b58bd2ebf4b2a57d27a8a/xaxumulivakumisukaju.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170243a8ddd3f84a437c1c811f70242c/nisazedasarekakenepixa.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf282aoe73bas2afbsh68ahe40/nituvixewaruzumarosir.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsmptmdfkvip063dotalf1ou0l/durubepelenasogujilije.pdf
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nibinigoge.pdf
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/wuwuzonikikunoxafami.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c549ec275a---75867469383.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=is+3043+code+of+practice+for+earthing
    • 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_off0000fd23.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD23 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011535.bin
5f855c3a26f1c8c881a25c9076f53b915bc2b69b37169dc00a7417fb634870c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11535 15956 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e45.bin
f54ba34c1bee4c9c8f92c12198ca8bc866847e8e04cc8718a7297659cdee01ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E45 11176 bytes