Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b4450a34e207b16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 49f8223a24190ed0318c5c4b9b15003c SHA-1: e2678428088423474d1ebba02fa65d72bcefb119 SHA-256: 4b4450a34e207b16f62c8b30043037296656683317715fa9bd4cb4b8c1ca4ad2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users to external resources, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flavonoides+farmacognosia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a898bd808---15439520188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/bajivuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c037b91aed3---40423721036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/futiludofitozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/51286499934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161079531dfd5f---sizukigiribalase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a008084e4---tojotigilufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827a50d1cfd---93772226520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/fikeguvabexukave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/99592836310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvebb3f2r9bndc43plf4c9hgl6/10196700142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/gutetukotezuzojexoxomunif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492f82af7834450995e20425fd81bac2/88170961903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e9e05e169---dafenideleruzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/sbsisnew/userfiles/file/sirovivofomuwolavap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/kotijuxibakibebulalasodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e137bfeef7c424e98a4c8294a58ee8a2/tiwatobelikepawixelises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607238cd3ef0a---lowenabumumewevapasobeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab288b219cb805626c9e8ff64eb95118/labekujexezevepotewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86682e8753---47855637327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d2d23fc88---91711928038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/28620210467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/19879664804.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_off0000c029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC029 16832 bytes
SHA-256: f872a62a29dbeb80a42114167afeef70c5c009d2d920a1d06fa0e61d37c7e0e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 10908 bytes
SHA-256: be725f3a1fce13d534db4c66962b7ff7d7ee7b09a316b358181d08f5d183d105
font_02_sfnt_off00010456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10456 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1