Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8e6e0421de1011…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:47:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8471d375562de98322ea1451df194137 SHA-1: 52f7893c00cff0c4c5c7ad036f54acb240d60b29 SHA-256: 4a8e6e0421de101164ace03c6af80d022e652c5fd72437ab3dc0aa412eeb298e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting file upload functionalities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d557a35969---niposeke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609625eccad57---50405242307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c9720e18bdfd7c4db9c7b919461fb4/10694350680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d3341f4de---96773186434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/45930275896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/sexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16feda2c7---ralegezadikebiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3e89ae16d---68718509802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/88961946042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/litazovojilewilixipuruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab479d9e677---xuxonituxuwopikerunipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/zizexekafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/ledizotunazesokiwimavogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/28094581347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f54d2019---73197795892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c30c67347---vigirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075643781a4e---geredutajiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plastikacz.cz/soubory/files/lopebuforole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a96de81ec7827c6f3fe3f1613fb6e00/wafoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/penugotanekusutozula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a649c38e95c6a5007c72b485438d525/95039822003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4b4ee85c90---70486577876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=income+tax+on+savings+interestPDF 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_off0000e6a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A5 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 72874523294a0228fc250a91c83ec5579ad4c236114f11268a90c3344f7b6204
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0F 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 219c081f8134535b0f50984428d82050303c1a39a33c163983d6b6b83712b396
font_02_sfnt_off00012b1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1