Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4482ddf3411fe161…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:12:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3809e3cd80a9b9542bfc74b782f4edd6 SHA-1: 2c2efabf4bfefc09fb996f8b7554c4c3058c4d18 SHA-256: 4482ddf3411fe16174aab612f7be439600efcb253a3d0bd15c829a15eb9cba19
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a social engineering attack (ClickFix). It contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host or distribute malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/28736659284.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/wetudagile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/userfiles/file/pavezuwabegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160cce16354cbc---vorakafolifujesusoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusubajopetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/6701891749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611858f5d612d---39728111982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/1679103302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e18489c4319---46480392410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemwishrs.com/ckfinder/stones/files/tilevoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/76745628907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/7199430134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00765b2e4303a75c43e6cac69a3f54c0/5282928821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f487ac836867cfe96486bb11d0aa49a7/vokebolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onvoetkrm22u63m0f6kpdr3970/zuwuwupepifewagagasulime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupovipapororifapuvitusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/70348109233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75505522393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/femitabepamuripike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3acc1d70c---14893923084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60573506668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607604b8c4c5d---mabalubokefanagudeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/14217201753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/xelunoliseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66416027219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+irql+not+less+or+equal+meanPDF 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_off0000e040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE040 17808 bytes
SHA-256: cd2179ce3d0de79732f33b1695c7398be7760286608375060011eb0eabc9f1c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED9 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 32e61d576f63d0b17eca9f4e621c47335c09077d2a46b67c5a1bce28699d9f96
font_02_sfnt_off0001272c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1272C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1