Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4533b86a769d6621…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:51:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: cc800f66f69fba37f81e7d24f5b75916 SHA-1: e51462f4c1663113d5c0e8939e8b86208ec5fa53 SHA-256: 4533b86a769d66217fcbd53d181e29031668ae7f49e973d86cffb1f38a1bebbd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and embedded links are consistent with a tactic to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078fb484402e281abdd2138ad613e8da/19674523618.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fb5c19a9f26e40889341be20464cf1/6476076633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a2a03a9e5---xemanesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a7fbf62e5ae7b36c184dfc2515c7ed/mekoxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788112c1d37---vidaxajovimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/74482926473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4339278c5a55a2da97c44be8affb54d/73604749352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/fudorobugukulinabovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/24675838600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082061c8f943---67001683028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/62341560068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081407858f0e---16832327090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/jetisiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efbfd6dd7b22e88422a32a65feeb5f38/85821625775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0183fd82---56976588058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/64167563072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/21419156864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdc5f0bf06---40343388258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607547dc9e54b---zediva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a7ebcfad---gokututemidivedusoviwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40a9cabecb---56062548518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342fd4958ab423c669927348fbdcd0b4/xexuramikawizutanumapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/womawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76cbd1c953e29de3e77cda089e17604d/lipinobidirugoluwusumupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/59027286339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+a+pdf+into+excel+spreadsheetPDF 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_off0000ea0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA0B 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 86aeb9881cda93183e9d75a7e8e053ee60efa059c340c6ffd8b6427d37469cad
font_01_sfnt_off00010368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10368 16732 bytes
SHA-256: dc6ca45848ab9c55cff4463e87d101e02d19e941f46f2d8e5046610e7a29948e
font_02_sfnt_off00012f1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1