Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a2512e01978f242…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:33:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4a3b82bd24348a6edccbddd7932d80d9 SHA-1: 7390762aa850fedcb4d48021cac44ebe7170a8db SHA-256: 4a2512e01978f242d6c9450915ce5412c5b9415c6ea024cfc731ba758cad903d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+have+you+learned+during+quarantine PDF link annotation
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7793a34735a83a66b0765aeb81994082/bakafobagikulawagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndhia0i0up5m6m0tr1a2n3vl48/68999182852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9e49bc114---21728678740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c523b76acf0e17b7381df0f470f428a/digewedunatobapawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/96144440013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607994bbe70d5---81651434660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087156591226---21778088432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/nojagemazamubawuzovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cdc371b76---30976291921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44606638075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rdoi9avig87mah09kn7376he0/vamofojigisibutitudeduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/pefojafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/21238186840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/84995260264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/girukepakawajufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brmtjcfl6386reh4imuvkj2vp9/gomitese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/26386810742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607756c1abb7e---98904636943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e7b44266e---1662152009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839dc45d8f2---66751324935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17a5c94187---bulali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/rafufodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/9332096343.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_off0000eda4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA4 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 7e61f681aa91cd208d44a347bd51d44696b7d20b52c43f08f042fb8dab767547
font_01_sfnt_off00011b97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B97 10780 bytes
SHA-256: d78036eaa8aeae2ccc4e44aed145c1a49f0ebb58555c921456e162972f6f6689
font_02_sfnt_off000133d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1