Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4280e1a1d67e9702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:10:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2f2a8003a4e6775df127be715954aec6 SHA-1: c7633867d2d67a4da3548f3f5c13e0d66668a096 SHA-256: 4280e1a1d67e9702e871ddfb7068533752407291a629f5e904b4a11db7abbdcf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded URLs align with common tactics for distributing malware or conducting phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=3+responsibilities+of+a+citizen PDF link annotation
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents//files/78141704758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/61397118274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/93013556558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/ruvuwasikivilipenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a0539181f6cd0fee95e3aa3a9f6ee6/donoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9717bfc3d---3501015492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796be1b7563---99210643108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e2fa741aa---60564903190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/47176227288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelinamerica.com/clients/874377/File/lewulevifevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/22763955217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/relogowofolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9e2a0c7a9---perekawapefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb9ce4a2501794097bca9868738d2d1c/fiwutagifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/bumigobovujelefibefimamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608589efb48cd---rugiviwufomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t24gh0j2jo7egcdh5js1a5a52/muzupuvuperap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c1f2e2a36---walumujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcea404f7a---5478947566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e847863653---javuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanul-muresenilor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfuferhphhbftsk2ksq7qjq8s3/3118486340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f13d5d6723---68622633802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/diwoponat.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_off0001108b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108B 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 1a19cff9d476fa8cf1c01407439959d0968c4ba3f5e8e7d6f5506f7a21d2734a
font_01_sfnt_off00013f08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F08 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9ccdb6ee602ba90f6989faa177b5edf54b334849d36e94928c10f3e548c5ed
font_02_sfnt_off000157b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1