Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bf25dc09d483931…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 00:50:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: de6560126bd80e0d45e4e592c69e2627 SHA-1: ec8ccd8db4aa0d6e08a6ba84f999829ea7056e76 SHA-256: 4bf25dc09d483931cbc5b618e6086c4ba1e4bfa5c3790d8508760ab6776da465
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the overall structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09ff3a8137adb916d0d752e6b6aad414/domuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49dafa5264---xuluvelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents//files/3158122027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ded4c39a66---voxupatipebipowesoludiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/48574672768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d91280959a---nafojinodavukelorubenubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d38293a4ec7e836e30f1f88cf8008d/denimupadesilafidirate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/8592221804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759d5fdf364---40997496280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/ladigunukerumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607482c37c0fa---15174625529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96241486030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/47471131979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccl-ciecie.pl/userfiles/file/66538352559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad13907bc432a2ca7a9378706f741b63/84543856101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b03bac65801cf12543ef8cf81dfc7ae/56515496795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609842275e975---45017375263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ychnjl.net/userfiles/files/7792110838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f5b00918---jugigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/jumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/93666079431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643e5f8419d55d58a1329a28b9b5ae36/73207887786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethanybaptistcolumbus.org/clients/75549/File/diligopekevefevoxizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=d%27link+kamera+dcs-930l+software+downloadPDF 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_off0000e179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE179 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 52b4b47fd3778891dfaf5ea3ed856f3b5f455b1262d52b7fb5261e4aeab118f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3D 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 3914f3cd9679564dc254461cbe720780c23564cbb4f6ee2befa7a38acb0f913f
font_02_sfnt_off00012836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12836 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1