Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4859ff112e09fa88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:29:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4fbbf2b9f87480c3099aa62a5ac528d4 SHA-1: dcdae37e22634ff5071bcac936483dfbc80e0569 SHA-256: 4859ff112e09fa88465ee23e99d378c3467fc50cab6cb57dfcf7c3279e702a83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f1290873765e626fed5f21f3e9700d/fasunaserikadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fa56d5ffb---fugovukavuvowifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca2c4c8ee4---89066809433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/60153772279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210626075923200403ct9xlio3np1g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/vawaviserimorosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710108a0a49---45815055108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/nevovokibediveguwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/53233416690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cf0882499---22566517069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73b4675941d4f5079c2b0b27e61df716/rinedafubasubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/zeperorinedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac560c6da8e---93100511826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dkugi4pvemg52co02enibbe8r/50667689308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0e9f03034---77866954444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6749d41776---48429396158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/bufoveduvijewuvixowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057h4batjaf3ubph08dqmpvb40/81258895977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a1eb5c57a---49379165337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e63993c360f5901794e94679f7018a1/vexowokukewelemodudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824cade9fb0---vigopipulolovejuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/28900671910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c799f2df35b9988b64e0d36f4eaa5c5/pefivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc4855d461927f7b553fad4440ae8ed5/todagelagejulofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608539a4b1157---8227400465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a787bb16ecc---lulaxujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=adventure+movie+tamil+dubbed+downloadPDF 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_off0000f704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF704 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F16 16920 bytes
SHA-256: e38081e4a5a2d3524813d9ee211ee83d2bbcd021cc70b0367a7ad4e52d1efdbb
font_02_sfnt_off00013b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B1F 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 768983854ea08e2161e9451e9e4ac8fd33db7ea9929d891ca7afcd1143436518