Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b182d41a2003bd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:05:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c003a089f42a54140a766bc76ddfdb8f SHA-1: d56a2e2bc86fea001ed91f04cb44edd26c76fe92 SHA-256: 4b182d41a2003bd8f9af75dd89e9eeb3a4ee1aabb4163ba20184e0aa47d75e63
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress sites and other potentially disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c87c762ea3---12341717194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/46763816052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/wowinijopebivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvservice.it/file/84272671299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/19054469141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/kujufixamabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/54800447288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55368e09f6---tevogafirarirobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/83212131033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdce37ac74b392e4d4eae43e8e9ee87f/83472859385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/fewonadujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomikaxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a733a667bc8---65187922690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/kegixuxomunezenesanoruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/tomurejesilemenamasaruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/45442388936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/99012255007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4ad07ef5352dc1506a59d558112ae9/31933485528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eabc58931---givowegedikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baef1ba3521---7121580968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f556feabbd---padad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/wumifaziwageromupemobari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vj2s72u8ghugt8q8d7fbrv6vn0/bijudarufuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0df0ac47dddab16e50dbd4ae8127e4d/bupuratefisezeniwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4deeedf5c---remigasaxoxiliziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=bates+pocket+guide+9th+editionPDF 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_off000107fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FC 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 6f9e15d3cb5797a5bd4817fbd6dc8cc6edc30092b5263ca88f99c75f4d586f81
font_01_sfnt_off0001218f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218F 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 47f0082b5fba3d6fbb6bd42c3e3bbc6a1961e66d38aca29bdf9aa695d69c0131
font_02_sfnt_off00015032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1