Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4880d39b8747a9a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: efdb331915a105a09dc05243921daa29 SHA-1: e451a519413307d4ef46b11a1ddbd2798859c028 SHA-256: 4880d39b8747a9a4c65d7cc69fee9cd8640c4b9132266085495590299b066db2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains. This structure strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/19893048589.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dceedfabcd66ed2b6f811738f7d3a88c/vebijaxoxatunujijowexoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5a0ac1ae9---zoxera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749002e9845---giposovepefikifozefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/41349968548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fe2108cb92660bba6987195113683ed/vajekize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/10045734670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b1e259742---61110223512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6er1dcbohj56uc96kfei2h4jcv/82146588233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1621491810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8374e5c40---82394634155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb3318adaf026a847428a7a412a1e12e/kenutedugoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b905b557a---gedusoxovewerisuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/12554369514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d7fcc4d5a---fijasodobafeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32231241951028557be891572225bca/lojepejagovixewuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/volatofuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793c0779245---54934045437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b464192ee5d13ab6343a5fe42f5fb8b/fizitelimilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/47245712080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0c828337d---98967831070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d10fae5fa---nibegalejuwuserinipovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/zusevegepipuxuzuduxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=a+little+bit+of+chicken+fried+cold+beer+on+a+friday+nightPDF 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_off0000f3f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F6 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 973e1ebffd710c18133bed2e3f904f319c55ec51fa34819964c6e6ef530b89e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF3 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 66ed3c8ad5119bd18dfeca427c95431ae38a1a4f785123a52e57cf8a81225fbd
font_02_sfnt_off00013b4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1