Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ba7ab8c0ab19966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

216.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:06:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7c34b705c89bf89565811595d9dff2c4 SHA-1: 62af4a014c359e03acd579675a41aeab036046a0 SHA-256: 4ba7ab8c0ab199662c74c90b2d8e66ba15b0d18381504f81ddd08301333ac0f3
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a phishing and potential trojan threat. The document utilizes SEO redirectors and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, likely to lure victims into downloading a malicious payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall detection suggest an attempt to deliver malware, possibly via a PDF exploit or social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9509

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/76959814714.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607200af3e4f3---7384851422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/20506841286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/77989436672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5e99ebd3f---vorajewodazarivupaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a744eea9176ed86b09bcf6bffffdafd9/20783217428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1582aeadinnc3k7uas0cmdd07/30845170827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2d730d421---vofuvikozuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6f2bc4f0e95c6ebba089f3e40711c2/23643074847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c213cc2b652---54789535772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43hu473hotro956s5ostacrneq/97202247752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a78f389c1ffa2466bc8e472bd48eaf8/85252449147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a8d3bbf29ca80c77a0bc132ea5a689/xanejugijefogaratiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k026iv8t2r9bhlu4vuapt2f3f1/7157434919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841a672ccd9---xugomejuzematalanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091434129cc6---dudotomokaneris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss5rpiaot8bh893pud3rti8asr/bodemafosafusepuxojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/xifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3sa8dl4pnb4va29lf60jc076r/43224346309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dc91475c1---36006332974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37af0683c09ff7340a3ec04eb0399c27/56560508384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa077d320db---zinadedelatalidexagajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc7e02ad7acaa38a748e42f015b7c7b0/2550369859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a454hj7jql1adujtaq5rrq30o2/wewakaxifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082471690fdb---54450761615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/vidatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/pIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=why+do+objects+expand+when+heatedPDF 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_off0002dbac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2DBAC 19632 bytes
SHA-256: f46c29d86f6f7691bca5dea202f6eb862a302f82ddebd4788a686c10ce2e9271
font_01_sfnt_off00030db6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30DB6 10940 bytes
SHA-256: d178b3f0e7ec825a015c06f5cc9969cf9880c761b46e4f23bc570c2dc11bd100
font_02_sfnt_off000326e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x326E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00033ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33EF5 6156 bytes
SHA-256: 00a43c651ebb1e654162f0691aa3300b990c12c24cc16a6725f144544a27051d