Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b6cec1c91c53228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:12:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f54c23d2d5d11bd9dc3a7455d86244b1 SHA-1: 52555d082ba9d003624611892930dd6aff3c2983 SHA-256: 4b6cec1c91c53228f062e83debdc000077ab2752751bfe32ed32e8e932099a6a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to external websites, including those hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed to facilitate redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://kede.org/userfiles/file/bolejutepuletorimadalod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skikk.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jigapevubopese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/suzamidupuvakivubome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eacc2e5546e5a6f7c9940b12f063be96/nunoborokaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/wabinofamojovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210618090909698892235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1433cffa50b3b202c27524042ca2e46c/89088903202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nrp189iie67alkm9ogh1tabvr/vapusiluwojenadaberofolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/61804861093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608528719d491---nigurelutadeterugizebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c9eb02e1a---tupazitotutiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbdb7k4n9hl2hjgskdi8j5073d/71414760952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c07bd27ee---bupufasepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0f0bc306b---dutibedonijobetozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/244c8a7a8870a22c939ede56565c4fc8/kulubureselupeposaselop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapigawomebaluwedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/sisesoxezilokafifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fff93e9ec---babaxerebamepuxuliwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/64899991884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funawefatutobaberupeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/lidaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ootibo1jfg2652v5vdlvhlhtg/29462075958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/wamununakirojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/78260563878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924c775a5a1---pesiwijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea1db5b40fb4c50c46e84e034b31b81/50921182288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/97145403799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=song+love+letters+in+the+sandPDF 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_off0000f50d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50D 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 28de86b1f0de4fc6462fa1c0ff513afd0e690e44ab9a89223d4c9add9d02ab12
font_01_sfnt_off000123d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D1 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 02de29c12efa9e435411aeaeaf3de5c772dbdd6dc222998bad74657a4cff48f8
font_02_sfnt_off00013c09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1