Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4beab88aba596cb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

166.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 01:27:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 488bc44192044097057104e85383c906 SHA-1: 207d0ed2bdba1f8c7a0bd9391fd359b0f797e269 SHA-256: 4beab88aba596cb559a6ab6a71f5d6e75dc8e82e686a921f84804cc62758f228
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The embedded URLs, while numerous, are the primary indicators of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4aebe8b046a76779631a29cdc8905bd/85847663043.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb5e3d95eb---52111313138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinewiveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9eeb9f582---17247758827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac568ce31eb---74525118681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkgm26vv6h2m47rj9hd208gsd8/56531159826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/pabewasesevodevizaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/83194674379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf8e37bc41712d2bd0e872eb6f50bc5/99324104982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/fanijonaxojolukute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramsteinroyals.com/clients/e/e6/e68fa2bc61b75b8a06766e25905052c7/File/mujomivotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/gazase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607341f912c89---74292205353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/71840530784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952475bc7b2---volejezurutisafamogubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/dedunesuradivijogesolivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0335d5633b---badixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nctpa.biz/clients/5/51/51e593b678cc4707ea5ff7b662bcbdb9/File/43012665617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/wituzosuvesobotugozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43ac37dd7d30a3b421ee9de8bf6cd15e/85802017433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/15070344270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa8fb0ba7b---50334413697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/numodawunepakiwilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b06c409dd4---lutake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d89c1f9a9---gilofemijuxida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=todos+los+libros+de+harry+potter+en+ordenPDF 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_off000221c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x221C8 21768 bytes
SHA-256: ef6391664ec21efa94deefd8c7f356bf1695ec0cfb0ed0d1d5a266b5c17c4acf
font_01_sfnt_off000258bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x258BF 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 67515a69c670ef002ffea640e08d3418458e04d73f744e04873a060e0b8e13be
font_02_sfnt_off0002710e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2710E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1