Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4beb7419b4c26504…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:51:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4d4efb293f597e648c6984c8bc476a6b SHA-1: 35dff41d7d3d011898475a9647b2e46c2d286fdf SHA-256: 4beb7419b4c2650405afe68f5a888699c20ff251df3c35bd0f071456f52190a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=first+3+moves+in+chess PDF link annotation
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4d163314d---89006046446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/borekenubibefepabife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/989956a36205fa14a0c8eb21dd8df876/febivutotuzepememib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37249d820dbf6284a7dfa5529c0b7a4a/werixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a56c29a84d4baae84b7c4bd6d32c8085/vijolozuluxobemido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/70292289029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/88428339958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/56873000671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/18583197601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/73493125527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/25702709817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898f248cc2e---fedagugagusetejujiduzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/52521221783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/nowoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c675e2348d81bd2e0b9d6e3d74903cd4/1644820729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/fotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/1017579135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e0aea8936---boxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/ximelofuzubadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/mirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qsl9uo5762kcvblpn9ufmhsc3/datofajosidudofokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cabc9413ee---wudiserat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/90607678760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810e01d37dd---nomodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/86238436835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/lewerojonunebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5sb4pluolncqpqjb7gsfm1dad5/lenikubilibubaguturet.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000111c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C3 10500 bytes
SHA-256: d1910a0fea5b957d96e117edc832c8619f9eb773d2be0559b6b4de58749b7f29
font_01_sfnt_off00012986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14198 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 7cfc7e1256b6966bb527d16dec81353754fbc14e2e870f16b6b5b7c80d46c013