Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bbdbb24f3871300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:31:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f7a54b5210fd03757dd36e048ccb2fc3 SHA-1: c64a2d015fccbb54a04ad1af0fe792dd661cf479 SHA-256: 4bbdbb24f3871300854c1f60f73f428b2f1783118f48fbd5f7b43b429e072a45
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 and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing malicious content or redirecting users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=length+and+breadth+of+rectangle PDF link annotation
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7s6ah4sdvbhoehdg0iphjqpvj7/60489841778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce121ef8c9---gorugobexelemawatevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/33635116341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5bbc2237d---xunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqelktgq59lo36amt2rs7mnko7/ripakefuwasitivosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c776e0263---13643039190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd3de3f207---65517733896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3497f4ef7b9233fa3f78d739c10344/13984183842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/zasisiwevovumifekepavesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencelesaline.it/userfiles/files/setomazowisapito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e4fbd25a95d0724adbeed345fdc3f9/26076723697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902ad5d8348---43440226139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/24522455205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092241e02ce9---xemadeduziru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/xelozugujotasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743d758c385---77450851001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af98b4de565a069f1478ac89fe8cdfe/dinozofukamenebusedadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gb26bga0e38icjlpdneuvsmkvk/44226315528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpurhgpeq3spt1qvm6naeuodsk/60825856859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/26920270916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/rapesaganujiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d5f0897b7---rozuriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/vonurulorexasawopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f10a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10A 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 450eea5fc67953cc3bdc764260aa6f1739571c17331c9588074966c3dbef4c6c
font_02_sfnt_off0001063b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063B 17744 bytes
SHA-256: a3361294339823a85418de7927e49044385868a868ee27407b91844b78090890
font_03_sfnt_off0001355e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1355E 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 45c21a5ef9a45dc419038525e273d5a6613a37b4defff7a6f91f27dfeb39fc29