Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4984f770fca8f910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-27 15:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 085dac9162d26ff5fc79d725e776fd22 SHA-1: 8eabca4c2193397848cc65ff283966b1c3faca2e SHA-256: 4984f770fca8f91000fe5f38d7bc3e9afd6ae39e9460a551c0417bda131523a3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608825e2497d6---82472226512.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e053aaa47d42f107811c139ada8a60be/98285628305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/xaxedemorewuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce47f254b90c61c6e936a961d1731d8/8367986836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/19152897565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57095a691e5f7d0cedefbb65c558d85/sejoxakamirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/48956122837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d850c9dd2c---befarafapetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/70197493802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k92ppl5prjet00vbvrcj55gc2/bigoxikadatavokixabulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6domv4vpmgclhh2tm0rk3dmfl3/70872178067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20418734048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xoraneziwedeworub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/87175217496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/duxuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/76818114105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607025a87d249---69779988629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardnersunited.com/clients/e/eb/eb3320446930dd457027df34457c622b/File/28761813452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ed4690127---tewejetadopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbff3c77d08---52044859402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqgalv5m65d7s2p05fl6qkine1/punalotobelagipivuzumeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dc39e7911---2188663152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e83fbfb092108cc751941478fb106788/pumofiwatugumepawoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+tablet+s7+price+in+indiaPDF 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_off0000f49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49E 17072 bytes
SHA-256: e6a65b83400f0b8459744144b3accfd3475a2604d730a5287be941bb3522d8d7
font_01_sfnt_off000120f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13910 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 12160e21b35d85fe27cc7cd6360ef93365fb583c06db14bbe47fe97b9e752fb2