Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bdcc9204cd945ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 13:42:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 827928986b6ca92bebbeb7d43dcaa347 SHA-1: b263be6d8e92e8bcd309f005d46726d29771bf2c SHA-256: 4bdcc9204cd945abe9ef3a91a27a66d34e2ba1998443f4175ea2177f2a60d829
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a focus on SEO manipulation for traffic redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e35b3e1a5fb04d9acf3d3720d49f7b/retuxowomosoman.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a1db4ca5a---susivumovodaziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/54549824700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/pepitiwadeniberixoxumuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to81o2m2g7dpnaon2gruhn7eed/89841864565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisaletarowedewetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/967fde63de90dcbaac872f1f70e67cc3/fegevavudubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9227e76aa4972858fd2e4779db42356/kumukitepowuzebomesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a544c7d685336e71b9708a3f696dabcf/zesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bei2j1c4i8aj09ji685i32nb7/mobitameroluzaturobinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72215994418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/90280926178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858b093b76f---vaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5178f1d38f---sofukunixenavefevufonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/papukolodanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd2e667f39510bef7aabc321023eb88/lubodagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg6mb6thge2mbcdj7ssejf8683/43815312453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/24003824995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d65c8e37fc---fukidaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/vesegopukunibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/gokositukajireligomowuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/xonavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/54126284547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830f1135194d18c38e446af37fc0a5b5/80892238643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/77905834702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+protein+to+lose+fat+and+gain+musclePDF 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_off0000ebee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEE 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 7c549e5a97a7b1b05cf77ab25e1267f63c59f099fdc19b69b6e7ea2f29c77850
font_01_sfnt_off000105e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E2 16776 bytes
SHA-256: a24b4e24e7b5d642056fcc4a541e8c1857dbe266571a728bc34aaa3886d80237
font_02_sfnt_off0001315e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1315E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1