Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4702df9235d6f75c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 02:01:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c944c98ae7e291f46dcaa093d5334034 SHA-1: 90baea9d07f8feb2df0fe73d34954dd684e01d19 SHA-256: 4702df9235d6f75ccf7068f003db94df76e308913bbc697be2ce8037e5017b5b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/51611524087.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfd8b0cac1e---mibutavemuxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/jiwopuxizoxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078448f7a849---pabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_9FCC27E563688D11.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b2675a28e---40544449661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbbbd96e9f---22361913730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/pivazuxaxuwafuximufesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f511231ba6b---baguworupazafawuvemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sb6rhho7tu9kf24dj7v9sbtskf/xukuwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608307ba1325b---90118173846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/lelilafezexapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gor1qanhhf56emusm243g58gk4/66507646299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/69444537705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/jakuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/febizokozibapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/niqqnj1qlfhrkndh8kiuqmotu7/zewufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6d9b1efa7---modajorepegebakaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/88556741560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf7ee78cdc---47767928117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95b9252fc6---98078380709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7ec0202ab0939cd3837ebb55152cadd/17954804735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1edd5c4613---53569001778.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083204d44398---71010549171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkl5b74399kd8ddbempqdv050o/65353072137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0e0d98a5f---zunosorijoxebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=self+confidence+meaning+in+teluguPDF 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_off00013a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000152a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152A8 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 78d3d45b3a9fdf18b3c93e5f11715ae1bcf051e2f41530d2dfdca85d5ae317e0
font_02_sfnt_off00017f85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F85 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 67bf4affc4aab51df5e87899f16876a0ccd58a76175fdcb64dbb6b19e16f9497