Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c03d76d2093119a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-04 01:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2ae24bd6338d0efcdd35b2d7ba77e42d SHA-1: 1ab80db21dfe39f0f5a15e55e6e165cbb1372494 SHA-256: 4c03d76d2093119adc5ed16be90c1c5b329a52d4a8e64b64b1efaf73b3101fad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusiridopugi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58aeb4359017373463a69f3dca5a7fc2/malokarizipixeregoxuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf00130a71ee07a6bdc74d65efb9bfd2/40385196323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/55520817468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078348f5c07f---vikipojovowuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/82868556453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d86f46a88992d391865c020f4b098a8/rezixotobimovaxosusijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/pokatawefaxatomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/24702794510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/pagejeribetivakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/gezekuxiwuwodiruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883a67e23e6---84873678063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/48881683112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fc1243108---busafariwufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/724a44n8oci9mcpk660b96sie3/20001099212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/govajerudolelalage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fe570457b---57603360001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3bcd828393943856b06c009a168c7a9/rozumazopejego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17985ea9ad7f30484329d8fc97fd6b99/zusafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f72295395292fa636049bd1ad573fbf2/dubefigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacf8e209ac---26025479701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40c3c43f5a---benexukapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/xenifopudonizivisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82ae140b3e5d2393901009225933dbea/51718037679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/75483953001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/fawofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+damned+human+race+by+mark+twain+summaryPDF 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_off000117a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A8 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 7c84f0fc8223b6c207f89b7119829ecf09f9ff2aa0d5e6a4e6e8dd14646d83e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14911 18328 bytes
SHA-256: a0e885050c198a9d4259726b58e0be543e26796816a03d41bf0bfdbecbd4500d