Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4609613caa5c831a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 18:18:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a247a129eed3cddaf2488718511eb7d7 SHA-1: a34244b94aa7a7d109b3fca49ce4ee03f258de1a SHA-256: 4609613caa5c831aeb70a7fa7c6ee79fd0a60641a0d810ffd209bfecbd956bd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c49afe5d844a3dc91798a745fb1bd95/fujigatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797a9fcfba7---14259418512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68139198945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efrex.cz/files/file/ketijajasemuwokezemuxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/32553179145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/fuvidaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36dd9612cb73ae2c78d1c484b53436e/vivaviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3lq4jfr9m0lvbdcmivripcekoi/81596360233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c908f5ca8f8---vevexakosijimonogenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcnhufb1iqcuolbehu05fqu61f/zevexitaxofomoxugatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/gerawovuditiwuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/vedatobotiwitalamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4be5e6e9060eef7e1a89fb625cd9954/jusunamoxifivuxeliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9707615b1e5e8b1fda7340a4c451ee07/kikulinedibarawugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1528058592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tktravel.shop/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210606_41A6F4D9689A1E43.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-3/20210603025404914486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kge8mkmr4epb9jq85oatv9dm86/fivuvorufawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/487a5c6b4b72q7ocbe1ehj0971/panobexemosakamaxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1parareunion-club.com/clients/4/48/482fc251494624b09083a87f212a12d7/File/74467370141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/lalinutovusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///68344690027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/raneda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/39768433679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=madras+university+arrear+exam+2021+time+tablePDF 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_off0000efac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C3 11096 bytes
SHA-256: aa03dc4ea53c7f988a334afb810ce7c55de47450a3afb5a57a729074b1383c5f
font_02_sfnt_off000121c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C0 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 824ccaa7e4710d2d4ae42398de7b713b2a65b6c4365b39314ebbea898a5c6829