Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a103f8a7eed9607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6258f6014954ea644243e99ad1e2eeb4 SHA-1: 3e1f6e2a39d8bc4f7799f8bd7a3ee9fbed49a08d SHA-256: 4a103f8a7eed9607853084332f3313e96915f34313a8c0218ba07798c48b4e40
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to external sites. Several of these URLs point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comment+faire+une+formule+de+calcul+sur+excel+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/10428899683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ucrl8il0tt41ojoo8lfmvj8me/burasunimoredetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baregarewavatomikafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj430uhmecku11k97l2ggj4q0u/1837333077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16268452214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/97764990646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082985acd8ef---89584920362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607910ba0b1a0---33418439065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108f9941fdbf---46667013871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/rizumozedagepazejebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740ac3c7612---92987003986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3183nqm7ih4p6ntignnojeemub/wefivujejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/rozitefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edd3a21ec71---walaxesutupefalubetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/lufipepozotadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bccfae7b07---fuzigatanota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimexavuravofovipefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollandunitedreunion.com/clients/5/52/52f3fdf721cdccceb566e47094f1d9de/File/katapefuwitexibataxomubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytexas.org/clients/861060/File/81620637465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5735b2e55a---pupodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/64185256373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/69671835180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d9f0bc9da089e635993e05368953586/govibov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d6f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0B 18952 bytes
SHA-256: 85224aa79e4f10b69676e630468e04cc42123592023bb3090b758a0fadc4d1f1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC7 11012 bytes
SHA-256: d7265f487a44cd00d559e8d2a3ad5943cbbbec2ca8884940d2746dfe217a74e6