Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c10b978db0c607f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:35:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0e6630c1c1b7ed7c94e44d55f5be4453 SHA-1: 31a39d3dae6a621452671d45a4cba6947539afc9 SHA-256: 4c10b978db0c607f41891f4a348ce4ad57864a16a1c7be9da7e7e9b6a0bb1e50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially malicious URLs, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+pdf+a4+size PDF link annotation
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec1e8cb6e6f715b48c0fa54420da07eb/49622013075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210625072703_prp22u.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607767c8e032d---66349402023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df8deb8266---31319781247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ktbni2h2ua6im99rqtg25rp48/65467375029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6612e6d8e7a83265d3d70a5d18ebda/75807538511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11334141390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/73366238386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46643773471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd73419ab53---43698132537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84810686702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e209e11cd1aa9a6bd430543f289ccea1/85222888455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c827ca2a3---bunifidozupunexajetid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h83olaucj7h80s4qfjqviiscnv/talumafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deomn05hrb53991kqcrpt6bdv4/30093805851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467652958ab5d05d10555aa318348c71/tikumuvanenegagipifalofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6io97mfp3s1dic486ava9qpao2/38040888812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/442vabr6rc184f37uqpn6ot8e1/15421134677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961addaf4f6---34809285120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eff83c77ed---73410168867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5625e7ee3---wogebidugoberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.foundationofhope.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e387cad3f5---50244300158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a22703c63a---barajobufotijizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe90d99dbe412a3b3cb43495446bedb3/nepekivoferavodito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvhpi67au9ph5le79uj06c6j73/wugafiregi.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_off0000f701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF701 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F13 19124 bytes
SHA-256: 6cc24ca87ec3d3a9d8f28b606c851b3c0d107df84894feda36d6c9f2591e611d
font_02_sfnt_off000141c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141C4 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 276cb6aea5b27e231f5f4ad485562407dddebe370d4b19eb27707acb00fda775