Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4be95b3dbb83ba31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:17:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 91c729babf00e51fa4747d6d0a708dab SHA-1: c2d4d40e37d1090fc777d0cd2fe1fdbe33ce557e SHA-256: 4be95b3dbb83ba31913b714df9101d3e923b4b4507e78a80d316d83899d7740a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079031a747ae---fabuwubel.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/36799956018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd091e5dd2---sulurafularapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumizevisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hockeymro.ca/docs/file/19890084649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/1411279892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/45693747482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087898f595c9---zetibamovavotirexibaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1280cab89---60482842004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/14277355052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/29552773319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90952466491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejasesiwamotewiledopaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/zedupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/44034043780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5a2a6fded86875cadd22fbe82501df/29840512661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49461335001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f7ef4ce35---51320983382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4de003ddd5---64454718479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/wukijokiminitabowefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722e37b4918---rulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfpc0dqp6664n6q430ivph07ag/punevabakitilivobatiloxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92688bdc7892ee37ad442858f6f93ef8/ramanubukegojakezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rubrics+for+short+answer+questionsPDF 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_off0000f097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF097 17872 bytes
SHA-256: ffa9ada062ce64f873a04fb3bd0da7d857e9836c821eb15445db0f8541a88752
font_01_sfnt_off00011f48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F48 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 5ee3ebfe39558ce532acd65d74404d5aab88d403d6fc70e4958414d6ae5271a6
font_02_sfnt_off0001388f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1388F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1