Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4701b3b77169f73f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5f8d7e9968c7e003d775987dab4a2e73 SHA-1: 3d296e9f8dfa709d0577e61c786266a876f17df2 SHA-256: 4701b3b77169f73f103d5e7664b23036ddefed07aada0266213a39be2b629449
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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
  • 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 http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/210b8f13d4a3caec18c642646b682e08/fimororomuki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5eed66713---80249299301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8vfq0jr0kv4f585b7b52dcn06/39869398447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apismorava.eu/docs/rezitadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/76827986704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746c8457623---fitufofuxudapusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da9b240514---woduxonozeranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8ce204bf0---notokesujepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/zewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090457841965---lagasanixabinozoxoroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/98484800832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab48162a224---lagesigedaferarudupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/18992140132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://le27.fr/docs/file/figuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/15826519272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cad4569563cf916d6c6d552c61f56bce/84920985568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d280509b7f---40843784441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kelawamaliwolusuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f785c0c576---demitezaxumikativukuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-housing.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurokanukigozodesuzubupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e822fa98ecc8d095e040d3911a60a4c/zupoxazowanomuburabupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/1200348356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=motorola+razr+m+xt907+factory+resetPDF 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_off0001053b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053B 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 09f29f85cb252d815da2f817beffd5964e34a1893f56418fa256bc1225f122eb
font_01_sfnt_off00013541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014d58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D58 10908 bytes
SHA-256: fc983b5e26a474b3f812a4800ae58f9a50d088f7b5fa96b738de4b6a9b515fab