Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4493ddf2baafe169…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:17:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0523bc9d3cfc31365b53c6c32080a53f SHA-1: 4d7a244abe8667e7ee3712c84c42e59866dd3fc3 SHA-256: 4493ddf2baafe1697ba384bd79f435aba1d95e6e538b01e05ec6455fd844104f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a9cd6c29cc417bb6013bc3f38b381e0/dadutakujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/60973971927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86c33d69c3507815cbfbf0a9e0b589b4/pazixupetoderabalelezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f16f6647ed---vizadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngoinvest.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/muzodifugivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/sejepiraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/80061707069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae3a5ce74d---zujinorovimofiremereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeniditudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/75648383106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/7077834239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/56012522571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0a834f1c1---tozetozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongyuemedia.com/filespath/files/20210829185310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/1051278595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210723214826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/16172078640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/19679279702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967333e44dc---femiridugikejigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/lotaniware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/14756642011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/nadegukuwagiwuwuvolebele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/repeduzakuditetadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezexaxenidinubibevifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/lemuvuwoxevivunaxutibisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/167ea46795552e38b7f6e44d03c46eb1/vumumari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612114dc997c6---zosateverilexuvumigetefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=rubber+dam+placement+technique+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_off0000b609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB609 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE1B 14920 bytes
SHA-256: 3e89e1f0891a89a8f485957baa472d6d0bee7d1a62dc82567d8f77f575f79d21
font_02_sfnt_off0000f287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF287 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 57c27cc803149305a29d306383d12e23f2395f48756db083157ace122f2a479a