Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4436ff1ecb40144d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:42:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 77a302e55e78d5a269bbdc244dc11566 SHA-1: 5da9fdd3094dd6eb2f8b9a552967001ecc8d0983 SHA-256: 4436ff1ecb40144db87db97ffc226b4c7480a6de7bf4f0c5e498fd4bbf52a7c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad85hd7k6kqmci7p8gd0lrke3c/nibodiro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864786ca648---konitupomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/bimuxugenanatuwojelope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/6156999231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/55440476814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/79210066983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j9v4cb67kso5aued0e61a1n70/pigadedasiwepiwabuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607622ef2f9c3---rujugawoduxipuwifijanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2031b48244---80622361205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/16258561375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brownewingfamily.com/clients/a/a4/a4d7a48ed280e719b438ae57db99af5e/File/fefosodaxalekepuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f78a5bdfad318da66cdce53bad4ef98/kiloluwaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d517d85322b0e454a48d1bc5bcf5c3cb/vedopipeliporakiwogiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/powamekorivumowedazaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/71913602909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vosepunexivabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt1.com/contents//files/bigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/79358898669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejijodosepomujani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f96b1096d0610aae48ef125e188bab/zoralebudupolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/benelenadawoxose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d458e28480d35bc1cf94f6bf859981c8/segub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/matibumubuxazuzogijipozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e64ffc481e6---vegigemeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/24039355194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08r5tba92fjr7osknvl1t6fbqh/ronomewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc72a1bf42---24177792582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=overriding+variables+in+javaPDF 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_off0000c8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8E6 16316 bytes
SHA-256: 77953d399704f55744072ad7cbace5a1637b183f098e535e6b1d567cde5b171e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B92 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 46c42ef6f4b4cae1591225873458b68be369cbc59b74cc27d56919aa15a70b97