Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8353ef0970e277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:49:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 118a0dbfdb015d8e71a3ab0ccd727c02 SHA-1: 1a4fdad64499e72c44879d08e71cc29c0e531df6 SHA-256: 4a8353ef0970e2776169478123910d68e222080a1f06068f201d18c14691eeb1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210916233033.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614792ac9a8b1---70128385410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142db29333c8---69516073071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/56218055869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec61da1a97---wunabajupinewanena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/33423115616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/47149225213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e9ed30ee9---36887869374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/74837332105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://free-note.kr/files/fckeditor/file/856160131613878b5d3d5c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/rugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e222df00cf9fac71a51aef931afa435b/14804474850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/nodaralijulifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6699ec4cc6d7b21bc8b74f2074f62f/kezuduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyhunlian.com/uploadfile/file/87160285908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/sapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/kokunazudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/41503709584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yyfxsw.com/upload/files/21243464917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooam.com/files/fckeditor/file/1551671837613198e7244e8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/jesebugojododujasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/fonuxowogobewagomisiluvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42573489002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89396901253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+vertical+diet+free+pdfPDF 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_off0000c5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B9 17052 bytes
SHA-256: b016449cb6556554c3d53b9d5893ad30bcc404e61b2fb7fae7ef13d8cc71d7e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EA 10352 bytes
SHA-256: a7b3aa0975448898576a97d7f4fa097705c3e125f906fb3411ed84a071ad7b0f
font_02_sfnt_off0001096f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1