Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a84a783bc714536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 05:14:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: 2536de58d71abcc2233ad03907fbdc68 SHA-1: 4e81c242415c8a60891c08754df44b185af24705 SHA-256: 4a84a783bc714536e5bbdc232798640e4eef51dd6ae8ecab4e20624c705fc861
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the extensive use of external links and compromised hosting points to a common tactic for distributing secondary payloads or leading users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bollywood+movie+free+download+mp4+moviespur+com PDF link annotation
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/32778651051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e63721ebb0---nixopelitimopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/52442838509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/185ff1eaabb545ab9e5c7e6fa1866933/57277427837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/nadikejipego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/56322671505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bb43437be---91894214713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2431d700f---jerabijejufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107ffc72ad91---segujemopafawoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/51772007566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/45810208855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/bewisoroweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959c4fdf3d1---90228158234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/gozuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d77877a2e---gipagixenemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-8/file/guluvaferipejusinevurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpba.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwapujivibirujesobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608318e1ac30c---50050366839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/32963518851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2i31flgqj6vm1cr5uo2aimid3/25553372180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/81096576706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5c99ba247e---fujinijiluxez.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_off0000f88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88B 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 093603508c9a71e56b51377bcb7ea90e362adac366b6b9ed06e3e05b773871e6
font_01_sfnt_off00012515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12515 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D2C 11180 bytes
SHA-256: c6e0d8bef27793a67186c69b1d80bdd79da5bcd81a9f9e01b79566452f528f1c

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