Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b93dce823fa38b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-08-10 13:44:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4dfe7748fbc67afb349f43da625e2da2 SHA-1: 1d7d72bd8ee944ccf5ace1833ce1c7706400c442 SHA-256: 4b93dce823fa38b5ed4039890fcef2b69ec3a2df59c8ab067a61e1027c86f687
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and are structured as a link farm. ClamAV and an ML classifier flagged this file as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The presence of these link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fdf88017b---vivazoluxozasujatod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/61542739589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321d561f90---wibisorujedeketomizotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b779f847793ba3d6369980664a81b2c3/fosimova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/bugevixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bf4baed96---81247662158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/49600505557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vibavitujaxolewijajutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg.su/upload/File/22849094452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21889758402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqldie6170tn97ob8i52mur89q/77221073943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/vogajopenorepuzuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23129044893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/37949315576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b36c8df18---96270671264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/55091189037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaperutexilaxofabomufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5r1dhfad41n7gjp6e8avlpbdq/65454899963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/603738110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/12185188023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/65163411949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab15fecee75---pufudavuvoxekulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608067b122b52---86111758838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df067f7eb44---xupodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=como+calcular+los+protones+neutrones+y+electronesPDF 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_off00010ac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC8 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 371c3c86e93f7abfe417a4bc53f57fc83895afefe11b2fa521e86c3ffce8b28c
font_01_sfnt_off00012368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12368 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B7A 17820 bytes
SHA-256: d149e99f1a22e8f096c0be0f2bf249f8ca67fe5b5706297af4b30c4ded9c1ea0