Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b70b35df33d7fb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:08:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 57942061a05657835f06db71ae490ad3 SHA-1: e93121f515d37a19fc21b102f69ca256076f4b69 SHA-256: 4b70b35df33d7fb5e83a29e0f4da7823ee2f2c2425143b1e9eea5d7a7de99be3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9170b41ca---22292561924.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6d3b3a7e8---82415737690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9852136f72---87548636694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769aa75e3ba---35537395038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/pisetiviputimufigusowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/23615214932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/delemiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4342392e213eb3162319bfa8eb1b9a/rakowisidebiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/fovulurogupevejapeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/68840945856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/torelomanipakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76d4ac980---3180092808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq0o6hhtkmuj5t01s449v5mko7/nipojibonezaximugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c40719065---85302337000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095423a1cd21---vukumizuruguwuzikulejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26df99a5b1ae01d7b9cc175c791ca95e/6369495668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/zagedosixiwipurivekirenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a30742bc2857c2ab0041642d8239a7a/tafabanufagamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/josejapikukemibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080589d1be91---73770236890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088facb10080---bawosuzirevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/tezazatazitaliwotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/solodonokawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+management+accountingPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE830 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 258c1dff778cfadf3223c54888f0a735ae23b8c7f3fc0baea924a1badfe18c27
font_01_sfnt_off000113d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D7 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 2abf4a60be81546d25516a101005d90a349db1c8e888442fbb0d6416d5c502c9
font_02_sfnt_off00012be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000143f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143F1 16232 bytes
SHA-256: bf3ac2bbc5511ca59b022801f68684aa2b8ae7661b1a55c6866fed5ae8d27d0d