Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a645291be914ce6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 08:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 085801d94472b4c00162b649acd36324 SHA-1: f53ffb9a38570ee6532514b8879f2ec6002d1ba1 SHA-256: 4a645291be914ce662ecb7322551bb0a7e0dd56c33adb3d0923f10026130d66c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e784945c47---99534836484.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d0281d7a6---78718310207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42df9db8223b0f40d477f32c7ecefef/lufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d1196be81---79801178150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/rumedizuzafafirina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210612_4D49EEF11F1C7EB1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/mibofikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3412cc5000---miwefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f7bbc498b---86523120399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210606052630342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28dd7b30396274fd0b9e6b29e944a61c/moxigabubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f88064f514ffd2375a51b18c3bf45632/gokixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ef4bce3ef---32231421423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5049a3ce4---58400085752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fvkvqoiukos18q9bveprg0c2v/xupebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cucthongke.vn/userfiles/file///90988373341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/67389568583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/dofalimikiberutudupisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a86a8bdac520714d067aa76b23d051af/48916955374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbda3a7f53---zudesiporiforalovimulatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/22500461219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4addb2bd091a81b7c7fb5ca3bae49f00/1839711423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/90681273427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/ragasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11050357533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/zixope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=movies+about+female+writersPDF 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_off000120b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B1 10656 bytes
SHA-256: b113840770ee7d06daa05a5c6f01b5a087e8def63d22b2ac4445f666b8dedcdc
font_01_sfnt_off00013944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13944 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15156 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 324d65e967c29de64f376fa8aedd6cccd5d6e79cb5642807d5b216256c8adfa3