Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4425911fa1084e2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:26:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5a315c8715d881460f1426f852560a3b SHA-1: 9ed7441e8a46152913bb28f337863c0f9dbf9331 SHA-256: 4425911fa1084e2a50e416645f39d5c69c88afb82e5819d2949557dd0487f05b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The PDF itself appears to be a lure, as suggested by the presence of numerous links and the compromised CMS upload storage.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pk7bbm71916skbcodojnthv097/51127216972.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1bpjcm5vi1445os5eev46b1m2/nazomegelalukesatigagada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/xawexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/vapuporotaliwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e5d59eb4c---tuvosadarilokamadegejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/premd42mmj8eakh2ko1nbhrth3/xubuxovufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/xazalinifesigabupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea2b983bf9---bakakigerazonojunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9170db30848808ca9e98f01fe539f3de/sexirojanike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c73f1f2302---jivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855474d39e4---datexuvexunezerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/zodadafijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/potexulezufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/figizazutemixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608669bb356ce---gizifukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/56800423896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/84096611345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/44261756613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3753271f91---15256292519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/59930885577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1888a812d05dd8d8fdaea16f83525755/35290798388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/99595611359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/zezupikajizevagagigupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u22mng4s57bhgf9qrq8k56mip7/80649191641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/govufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=parts+of+the+electromagnetic+spectrum+from+lowest+frequency+to+highestPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD615 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF6 11376 bytes
SHA-256: 74cbd54b503acacef759adbfe9662d3750f5514c0f67acd42f754700319f902d
font_02_sfnt_off0001065a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065A 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 3f118997a603f640f7988e40168a7140105b1c76507a17598d22cf80a0ec4f21
font_03_sfnt_off000132ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1