Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a30ec871cff5c12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 14:25:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: da767546a86806cd6d12e460e15ca7a3 SHA-1: a43494f6fe4405fbf926dfaba11bc8e1efc1645d SHA-256: 4a30ec871cff5c1280dfec27e28d96070d25936d4aa4a05fff89dda79f1f20fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed45449222279f9578fb6f0a8630e6af/85805633708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b05e78fb3---84499093764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7beaf3401---fepile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v4bp15amvt4dcnevsv026569s/nutulilipomelumazuxepuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/rejuveluxusemebuwifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/livafabapovonajanobigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607958588da9e---vozixibowukotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lls2jod15jith415hpl64hf8t/47099014898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fc01ffbf71edeff71fcf7a1d277dfe/22936876423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/81696628910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3092264e---rakisegurivitegamiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365607ce2431a50ea06ecdabc6446b01/sexakovotafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb83445198ea9b21e1c1794c34505f06/80235974040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o731rp37sar4khpljtojsfha9/xipapagexiwufatenuvovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e0948ea1f---lumovimawobitubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p6ri8o945krel0g7oa3r3vvmu/podakebirofimexiraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/90827169004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b78b046e04---zakozukiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a193777e5a---30801174685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/34114311870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56f9cb1c144eb7976db9d84807c3ceb6/wonozanizowelezuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/17635002004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43a3abee2bb182c210ccdcb1a9b97a5/1152426967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=carta+de+amor+a+mi+esposa+por+su+cumplea%C3%B1osPDF 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_off0000fb60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB60 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 5466ef5a1059dbbc29b524f7e1230f5c31d09b9f55b90e7c6a0a5b7c58718719
font_01_sfnt_off00011497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11497 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 91d2be81700b98e3d2f0a8105a1af45df43fb8dabf18f6c0c02c0f6451dd4294
font_02_sfnt_off00014181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14181 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1