Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4517ed2c257af13f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-01 12:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e4f3e7fdb2ad000fdca819af02fb20a6 SHA-1: bdb1dea22045aeae5d7673bb38c491ae8464aa28 SHA-256: 4517ed2c257af13f528c3a78b3985682541b0acc9dc7a86660820a5c9096e9b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF's structure and embedded URLs indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=do+diet+snapple+tea+have+caffeine PDF link annotation
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e606f0bd5ac---87291844321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1da6c2b136---3474687731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/25262922330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fa42fbfeb674c34e56caac62e91ca75/37390592989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j73ba64bgil4mufe2ntnqjdj29/wawasilaguxabawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/16597859070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae11d61de8---pesekuwukevegubewuxukuman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e025f626d6e843dace86baef1c1a54af/90485310451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/pumadulejovijirusamomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f62ed548da4bd300a4a813bb49ba853/25382641293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuanhongkhang.com/upload/files/16587489060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c31150a7c---misosijigana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8052223953---xakoveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/40407318734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/24885343485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvgpbtekghi79ghmtu871hhih2/61274017105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/bazogeporok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850dd97593f---73353766830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f3cf6b33f---lebudejevilenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/83529698517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trickorsuite.com/clients/5/5d/5d84d12f6f4dfd10bbe5497c884a5f3e/File/nivuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a597eb39d5d---duxizixizowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/gubixewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/41921605796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082228db5fa8---tozufusixozosaxotomidojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/7575164693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f1fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A15 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 50940789ba914f36a33bb1a2e656bb8be08b4fb29591cffd6eb3d74dde9e4f1c
font_02_sfnt_off0001227d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227D 18836 bytes
SHA-256: ad6fa3b8f0c7093f240f1206a4ec292829ceb99dcea8d5d02ae684c4883fa58d