Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a37fc5f3fe87728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b6ddf4e68bd289534d9a5a2ea092cf0d SHA-1: add391a2fecbfa3963f580ca2082bae3736f4c52 SHA-256: 4a37fc5f3fe8772889eb64c484c0bb4f40f1529f26730eb394ae7d25a3c00fda
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, directing users to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b316dd9c6---pidebime.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09cc0b4c03---wuwezibigaxivunevawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/44293181843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b895865c---lajaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9b9428292---gozotupoxikapojelogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qq7cgfpoh95d3tio7odms03a9j/66561140329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/zekolobowowusokupanixaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4ef950e8a---jiwezoniraxulogekakitapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4fd3ba2069a7daeb35d7ffcce76d992/gimuxufelebikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/kamamanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/31344734127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/68777014930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/20523082617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990101704f4---xirixove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/jibepenomeratulisufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qodo3q79t6hdpmjfd0rthg46k/ludogiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98583364ad---penodosawinevajejomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/33766910287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/nigusufoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zakarpattya-tour.com/upload/merok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e82bcde643f---98268744326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/jadivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/45181175049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/ziwabixuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=kung+fu+panda+3+full+movie+hd+hindiPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e15d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15D 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 0c2ae83b689c2ce1d1babed210af9af6723e1c241d9ddb2f7d215c016fd0fb8d
font_01_sfnt_off000110be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110BE 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 28a99a61e1e784f48759426cdc8ea2147c53ce203bb8ebabb84b1e0225d5eed7
font_02_sfnt_off00012991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12991 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_03_sfnt_off00013f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1