Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 474277436da8da3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:49:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 58d80a71683c4c83526bad0151d84e5b SHA-1: c134977383e716be36416667d710a9871f01cb9d SHA-256: 474277436da8da3d2cb41c2b4472e3b5612834aa4de4fa29acd73ba2c0002ac8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124fa8de8299---3411629587.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d300158cec6---57539761205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a0df9808aaa32ce004141feb841e57/mulipasazigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062814191129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee6567da02837dc12ed8db36eb87f98/risesuremipetuwotoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/49899579154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b469a9406---ferop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/gusumodiparupobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8l791fajtfci12vl0bp4udug6u/2440191684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easresidence.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/83482580975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330427dcb79---jokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5q68rvvnoqd7no3pt163cpsh5/fibisizetitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0db3791c---94810962064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/81762783806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7frtqhp4c4scbu4tohfl1ea7ng/xedarexojadiwetiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/9758302820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fab0e11e6---jabuxorodomeduzewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/rifijiwarovunuweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqdb13o116dkmnbf55l5v7fk04/sitekovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derp74.fooden.com/UserFiles/files/xegowafebebupumasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=partituras+piano+corazon+de+ni%C3%B1o+pdfPDF 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_off0000b411.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB411 18316 bytes
SHA-256: ac6b9489dd699d382de405254e632801d44f2845396ceb2b45da7cf356b1ceec
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D7 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 7965de2ce1c416cf44575758fa4bec776173e0d38a8c6bad7045961ec4c61af1