Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4534d7898ca4d16b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7b6c255b7c4302b3c61cfedb3ef84e40 SHA-1: b35970f10da055c9ec5ff742a1c6bc9460b89977 SHA-256: 4534d7898ca4d16bc3b390dd9d13c9cb48d2dfb2f2bc2ddc835d96513d4f2fe6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further payloads. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings suggest a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vedic+synastry+chart+free PDF link annotation
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/bagakeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e54909eb5f---92178324637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/77556482032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e946386867---sesowiboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7sctpji2096aki75dhq4740bd/25463486919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608247d00c0f0---35088440098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210527_012846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.manorbymajor.com/userfiles/files/vesurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eccb335c0---nagagodojefuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/7184410692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875a259594c---9120707394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44861156d53da8ca6cf6e8e49f846dd/77628872051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071776f7c780---vaxovotujesawosetosevawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/vilufawelaxowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/mufufejage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33j07gc6stomdc95too9hppe4/80820915163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/moler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daaaa5214a2f094bcb67bde2e7b0d98a/lefisidusinilezapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/1745510405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f437e4927---nuzagewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harveyfamily4016.com/clients/5/51/51a16c7d09a65bdad6d3cd8ef7da6b4e/File/sivawiwulemuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969effd94ff---39339842223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607812305b1a0---musofawonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1p43193j9rs146rpqk5g614fm/74181743552.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_off0000ec07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001041e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1041E 10488 bytes
SHA-256: ef9473219996cfd2c560abf27ab1b37e4c78fa4a9e90c6b9ac4795a6dfec3aa3
font_02_sfnt_off00011be6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE6 19908 bytes
SHA-256: dbe1bce786e8f8bc24b515bd5252addcc0c8ca48b336d271503f282193c53489