Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3d61032fc03620…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 76d986a5bb089418b16b37b2f8dfee00 SHA-1: 106df068dc93c303d6b680b887e3579826681215 SHA-256: 4a3d61032fc036204b77b483473385d3ae8fc4415c89b543e283c0c67e399596
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=write+the+difference+between+hardware+and+software PDF link annotation
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/78255009915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1484944e3---25423532364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0741a8491fee185268cc5ec13d9881fe/6581114764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/23850510052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608690f1cecbb---95203124496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tiqka0phelmio32s209o54h3i2/wudotareforibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/nubiwofawagojuruzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/numisowowizidufasajamepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/konitotuvijudezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/xizesalivemabaguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ebd818312---kamavilejiseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190c44cebe3d69acb749957750112ae0/34316060760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/sowesimazavizitadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b88ac604e3---kuzumorasiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/18061235670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/17307664810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92a0549c53---rojunibamipepikutelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb106231ee---29268474217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511890201ff497f736bbe3b676ec724a/25517958282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/zozuxazasififomezepunobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/seripima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776a572e5fa---xoponemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mnckf0js91o49sinv93d6s710/91482323241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850e7c1f67e---14927940422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_D764313366CAC4D3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn2brofh9ksigkmjnhn4ge6276/savunupep.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_off0000ea9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA9E 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 81e8e2b583a0f3dd5cde001a0d461f00e81c963b7af010b9228dcf5140024128
font_01_sfnt_off000117bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD2 10744 bytes
SHA-256: b2938d4647537b03a4034e23d7dde55bc3e3203acd0f4f1fd3971514d3176a80