Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 476e79c41e431c2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 23:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d02588cd0c72aa38e25ef6ee9c687560 SHA-1: f7b6a1cefd359c3b30a5307760e2dbdab87d4653 SHA-256: 476e79c41e431c2af571964637532bb77a18399af52132ceae73bdc6c240a45f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing and trojan activity. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bffd4a5d9a---sokuwexaw.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c0693c891---9389511748.pdf
    • http://tw-jia.com/uploads/files/202109181754421336.pdf
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/43408375957.pdf
    • http://thienthaopc.com/upload/FCK/file/kowakikigawar.pdf
    • https://tgvl.in/uploads/fck/files/taporivegelonovejivoriza.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/76365596498.pdf
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/7470146499.pdf
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35330253213.pdf
    • https://kozlovka.mebel18.com/uploads/files/58014991116.pdf
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50027018403.pdf
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/fuxuxowijepakorofod.pdf
    • https://suacuachuyennghiep.com/uploads/files/10583306573.pdf
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/rafebuvuduxeje.pdf
    • https://rheinfurth.de/userfiles/file/zugojikix.pdf
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents/files/39093759411.pdf
    • http://otestmanager.com/club/data/userfiles/file/20210904050400.pdf
    • https://limadelimon.com/images/file/43549933714.pdf
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84949783541.pdf
    • https://myreply.mobi/snappshott/editor//file/79945594650.pdf
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021090108001173499.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149568d7c4c2---lugefijaxarusudaw.pdf
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20021981559.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b72e1be7---fonumanaxusomu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=indi+call+apk+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b384.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB384 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb9b.bin
df2ef2200cde0d9696051dc119546b3443ce15a18232d00290aaa63f713d1516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9B 10136 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e256.bin
90d1312d85fba5fcb21a4f2e7ffbc0d32b22fe078e6b4c22c11362bb3304acf0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE256 17764 bytes