Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 448d19f4d5c3c3b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:47:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 235f318dec6ce1774eedce1490a0ec0e SHA-1: c92d4afc44b42d429ce68e8710f6f3c08f994d1c SHA-256: 448d19f4d5c3c3b83af39355f53de3f1f6c22a5288325d39ab8ef91992d8507c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites using the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821d4b82bff---zaxiridosazesisedo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607580c4c6056---vapejemamaximizovafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e1567f278---zanawavefefaburiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbe44dd41fc94a56871ced9ee4f4f6b8/zimokutotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0245e376ba---mekoradurexokolumekumera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4e3941b7---87832794113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/dokipogisoviroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f98fc429e---73183615358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18893c24b86d1d5e1c673753af909392/famadoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/rukovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2440027.ru/upload/file/2516021323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/35372942704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/votufalofimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d236e8c2d4---40729132160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okdnf41uefpsn6ttu32ff8fjh5/bolimupoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/golipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed1da1d1e5---97576879758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aa8dc7a43---vuzidosufibowobarunevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/44552714691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/36835073467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/lepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969d87e4a44---gaxofuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d199a5e1e---jekatoxawopabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7a668df4c---79727641671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53ccde94dd5c7d932c01f61ac5c2132d/sobogakivitipunepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=madden+mobile+unlimited+coins+apkPDF 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_off0000fb63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB63 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 3760e360851714804662675818a75561bd48c24fd3220d17c2fda33c8aed0209
font_01_sfnt_off0001144e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144E 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_02_sfnt_off00011c52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C52 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 32b95ca21d12c336b33d36c1ccf92df5420a971864f9a0c804b22b069aaeb849
font_03_sfnt_off00014a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1