Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4455c1e4ae646ff3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:22:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2abba715e82ba9341c760cd5d7298819 SHA-1: 3d41f49be68c71bd9e35e6028dcc930f85fda4b7 SHA-256: 4455c1e4ae646ff385993b07aecc8416577bd440d9a3037ca6ccd7251e3d6a6c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirm the presence of external links hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d39d96ff85---paboxew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/zojexitozekexotunoxezilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074807e2ab68---93093650850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4202f568c5a34e760b4881e1da5e21dd/20804460911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcresthigh1971.com/clients/9/9f/9fbf9047a6869172a982db6f42f05a9a/File/teraxanawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/16762976974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/mojavitiritamakuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4elha2q49jtjp87c1et4ipau91/19535482322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b804d59039d---76114708399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/zovafidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61990ab026---motamowawerewesififejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69fd7b82ea7c08301680709296479be9/61588072497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2172c63a04dc956160a68448f509a845/57296946813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///97206752809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9c75e06b6---rajavawe.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/34495349175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c55dafd319482ca01a8432a360a60802/towubodiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkj2n6ppvf9vai6bhrakfoguf9/83092164476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af5ea27f48---40011481128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledematovasiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030c4f815d1---jumumumisoximarexakekunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutezagepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/lipisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=illustrated+english+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000fcca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DC 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 90b2bac4d21f0bc5f1912b968b0c276a75f30528a37f7c7c8b22d76a10137cac
font_02_sfnt_off000145d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D2 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 09e8c070097a47f0ae64d5dbee2158fac38251200677177690332dbe6de6294e