Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4abe1527bff3f80a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:20:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0f2fc1a20040098afa633f370b42b6a1 SHA-1: 8809f12a32d790596bc4496cecc0617dc3214331 SHA-256: 4abe1527bff3f80a3444d961e1be9883ad8d6f3138fafcc626c2513226972d48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded URLs likely lead to malicious content or further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd66c208c4---zoberudomuwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/77874256109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/jojasedudabunomidetexozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/jepezobagofefapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9304c00aded13fe6e2edc4001cf0fd/zenirumetovuxexojegike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094afce0a912---galemubijuvinesono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df8b92e786---gipunipirigavasutixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/81678259637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1e83c57d3---58733610802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce6a566db3---17204890254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6af9686da---19535551484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/ratawazibakipekosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/magepejomizuduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82374323456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flywings.sk/UserFiles/file/xekejamukoditoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943333db331---31884177976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1615008336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93639839ad5eafc6779c971462a6e27/doxejagexuruvarazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2b75c47f15c67217cc26136d9afab1/73496029368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a4413dc1b---fisogowidigudidugazejago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799fa5e7ce1---51293375123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085a3a60c88939af2a38ca930e32877b/77885541311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4gtn6d8olk737c2ptm29lhbks/86469715252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a526be34d75---47440287313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=acting+director+meaningPDF 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_off0000ec8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC8A 10480 bytes
SHA-256: f5f9b48d1c4eb4fb3587b5354da248d71d41986885cc3175cd0fcb2a64b2bb0a
font_01_sfnt_off00010429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10429 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3B 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 84f8e9396bc5dd438506407cf85a7c07b4c28ba32d52875551961f34af6ab865