Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4614cfe41024ecd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:00:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2c3728bbac9a8c1927cdc8f56fe9b724 SHA-1: 1ad49e5a35d70f946826f6afe0f050741600e48b SHA-256: 4614cfe41024ecd0ecd588b3d1a70feb98ce7c58c9a78525337cebf949f22c46
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is detected as a PDF phishing trojan by ClamAV. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings indicate an attempt to exploit users by directing them to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2818

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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 http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609031bc787e6---bakixugebepuxizoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09392e4b60---bebarilofukidinogife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de35fd85f1---3295662801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54rc2gvkc7jf67fhuj91u1358t/9082704324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d05e81120768d66c5ab6f21a60726b/wivemegezozalaliwexudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098545d4f6c6---60735133137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b0bd65208---24951135707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/54967458707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63f2e7297ed82b526ed04fa91d20229/fimasuludoruvujamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/10025432096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c666d7fc2---nuwalojezazadamosujarago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a70d48aa3f---wefevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413692c640---bulumobafenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/bufijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ur9vn7mtgghvckg6dfubpek7i/17793369933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089777935da7---lupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/92685057759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c489bcc3654---sazepumugelojutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/pawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d333382e18---99416564470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807f1384b06---33668064605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/382485805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826d53278c8---pijopamazuseviranajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71af154866459904a2814e7c203092ab/72526913626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=listening+practice+test+pdf+with+audioPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d04d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD04D 16720 bytes
SHA-256: 60d502beb7917447d1e6f660cb74356a145f3e0d24b06c884768950623892a16
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB82 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 65cfe84e7fd25fdfbba2e581a63ed7162e9630b4754ebc8befc69db7ff8773d4
font_02_sfnt_off000114e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1