Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b614fc47eb6aad0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 09:59:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a7a9119a011055741c42927b0d01298e SHA-1: 571fff2635149dd223201013c615e2c3025f63c8 SHA-256: 4b614fc47eb6aad0f7a0aaa3c8786759b5f455c7fc74fa8cb980601edf60b4a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure, likely leading to a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b386de69192---pebiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ld22j2i7bdfq97k8i35a9dl4/6717559079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/53937575421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hsrcdfk3gom7scb9phkjdf7s7/jajewipekijukiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931604b64817f3d598f9dd3d6283a9cb/95559492951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/ritagavabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c49b66389---3291452889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osbjbh2g7oib3d03na5d57rmsh/kedunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/28540200547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca3b391829d8c4bbf89679f35225311/42972545970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42d929556a679e60445ce6da85a58b98/bukuxife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3tmjpnb9s1t35a9j8tv1kj912/39170631882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accf8c5980a---foresebawinevugipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1a7b4ca05f17db7227bf9303d2f9425/lalores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f293a9139b1434f749142065cd915808/53462315618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080998cdcb99---roxugiwevodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/luvujivivevuvisubigiwewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac160f4e25d---2426108308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/34919512596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021070605561773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/93642012214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/depazibopisoxagiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf406a394c493b97ddde16ca959a6054/21204370783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sat+multiple+choice+questionsPDF 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_off0000ee22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE22 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 6faec7e6095e94d70dcf2afc30d8bdcda9e1744a899cfae3a03b7c6312e90849
font_01_sfnt_off00011c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001342d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342D 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 9800562a78d2666bf17535a67983054f9fcc2ba4f5f30bd791eb7a124f1904c3