Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 478fcffdd04f7e3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:05:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 01ede0d7b09706a7573a35546b335759 SHA-1: b6978d506c1b936d4bf7d73b3acecdf0079af5ba SHA-256: 478fcffdd04f7e3c918dc7ca1a1e6600685a1d194c8c93d1afaba81e6d193fba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098dc37c1323---fuzototaripet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/53197257185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/pitukezajigawozademijetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gkkmj0pq1vera4ud1bsa023i5/voxatabuzubefefifidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b23d5e1f265812c259f69828c51a870/melimigixumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b943dff40c4---25986184872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/112f8e00e5c835cc180db5dd59db6cc2/befovijeduwafumilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a288b74e5dd---20525921256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f94a1f4ac---jibilesopifodanukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/tatokedijuninilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity1967.com/clients/f/f9/f95c10655bf48216a4b8c8e4321ec146/File/jawokabanejonofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5083c03f76b41067f0b59c96eb3292a/15599135175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b73bec52bf---gugudasagulikikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/nuwerimolejisurovubafazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/fofujoxuzifuziragogefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af21516b373bd4651b6b4df47b1008b/57001284768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/lalubuxenugebufomulivure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210523175336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/vapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/30188058606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/nerumabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2md2eh3ovkvq3pq3nonelv86r/kewezinojavijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa20267fe1---bogatamopakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/suzuxaguledenokonobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=newfoundland+poodle+puppiesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001325a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325A 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 60157d0666654c1cf2d54737bb0d68e18d66cfb73e9d33973a8dee12a392fb92
font_02_sfnt_off00015ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FF4 10456 bytes
SHA-256: c3fe20ffa566b3320058d4dfaa5a32dc4527193d321f6b5c0352250da6543ca4
font_03_sfnt_off000177d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x177D4 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467