Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bec1aed867f86b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:06:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 83ab73c23cf9876d34379c49c72012e7 SHA-1: 1ff6b5b58e2741fcf50ff81e435908754ecf1e05 SHA-256: 4bec1aed867f86b7707aa50f5d034721ca81ef006596462a50e31eacb86d9ed1
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 or other potentially untrustworthy domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards a tactic of distributing malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36417183255.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/zuviwekolorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41efeba4e1---zegemifolixaluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/60771067605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23e8eb5aa9---41765057196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c212e4779f---zudorujuserosunomuzufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/gavesajomaxemimujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/putemozumisebilupona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/zudekunawefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01st2kehs093p6c5acpkvvo6q5/17819746288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f16fd2185---siwasojoruzitejexevotopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guanzhuli.com/userfiles/file/dafawiditejaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32307611003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/57607115016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/toaqch01cgih6oukpa35t688jh/tutakigopupolexemaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/4153497602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/11765052913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/digegutizimafikusekefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4a531cb2207f6472f426b03db90933/wiwiwovatisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swhwsolution.it/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/62213009599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f114ce0o1tm1msdka45hsihv9c/kaxinitenazomijilegokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/36357015706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/vofotipurijifagasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=dazey+deep+fryer+dcp+6+manualPDF 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_off0000c37f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC37F 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 38f1f1b86b936dc2f7dbf51356927aac83f82d0db9d18274f4cb1bcf60ec1dec
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF452 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 41eda7b4c337a2bc8bb76f023decf958d31a58e25516759635687c7d42562a57

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