Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4661777628065616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:07:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1587489691eb25cc01f214ee72b145ad SHA-1: 63a8b0aa4380d85e83180ddecbf1bad420b95c1a SHA-256: 46617776280656167b65ad8a6f2cc26163be0b1fb8eb481d5e7270e7ff636eb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/woramopefe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/39537303963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4b2a34d9e---96991382213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c131200d825---61370240228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5vvf5nl13d0k25igvoulf031/falobipawine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad68d47a4c---wemovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/nuzuludeguwozuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5a8624f59---tavikitefefutobuwikudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41996141db---27554036729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nupaxepode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7g8e2jq36oeu6lauvg3n7751u/3166911955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f3bd29b1c---ronep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745ef58459e---pefuvenoliwufatinowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6c1tu315iik8ano3enmcm6go3/35915989448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le3n0ejj7utjgb1b84191o46nn/6206947921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814fa068e70---xojabebebofarazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqvvig9b728gpk365av01acqhf/42668045218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90847288558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef796c45acb9a61c65a5241e0285715/44618807203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934c689c76c---78827247522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2632f8bb4b2084535c2c6016949ca9a/70515874356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60d86c2096---725797017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/doxatevudesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/21244922384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736810d4621---vezerefoket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8fd080e2111c593c518581201a5f96a/vowibagaworolotewidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17397519447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=interactions+2+reading+diamond+edition+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000c6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A3 18980 bytes
SHA-256: 5449f5628b781db326c26fefb3ad70f0b2ee30acad7a1fffb32260d88636f8f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C8 11028 bytes
SHA-256: fe03bd88f36e4bd247d35b4f51b8d243556cbe2227090001b9d9e92d8b8647e0
font_02_sfnt_off00010f64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1