Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c4650ea888ba3da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:17:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0ff99b0269c80abbf43c043689e814ba SHA-1: d1fb44f1091ea9ff17b960749ae2bd5a09a2be9d SHA-256: 4c4650ea888ba3da13135fe5f2cc58a99a6d43e3ddbacdcc3dba9779ccf85bf5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to host or redirect to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9122

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://stopserv.ru/files/file/57302886076.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8f5d35499610b0b77f0382b13b35fe/76378900754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697f6c1669ca936d111fa5eb54959ddf/6220327200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/2831060002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/tafatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98decd3217---basuluruvikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a8265fc59---49576841621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802ef676d5b---jipudijabuxupikurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d33e0f21f1---36011008327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a36c91c597c6017d568c99f082e7444/42756025131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/jigukowutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb037d7fd9bc94d150bc012d7f96e99/zugibelutimosafopoxakafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/kekukaxevoniregoxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098911a39478---gazoruzenineruxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d399ba754e---65642496737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/wikateruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf6cd8a4aa---vujigojatabuxamazaduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf5efa1b5e---jibumedaturikoxilexobine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/40628032958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/84610355163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d58e993f8ecb442dde7f503cf6c6c4ef/1910641483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/negotamozunurunubebaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/14339617328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgjeb8059nqtreb33dkbfpugmn/kiritoferebozutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596d8ec89bda00738dc43b8d913033bc/letemosidenefevat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e6c6c0d4c341c44c62a1fd11a2dbd99/satipupevubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+fallacyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001c304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C304 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001db12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB12 51000 bytes
SHA-256: a2511dc472c28330d9a5541d5c84df89d8fec7b26da0b2ccf20bc6120b769555
font_02_sfnt_off00025f4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25F4C 20376 bytes
SHA-256: dc09bf7690ea96ca9bb3c23c6215ffc36375db1e7060af8d86ae261210d35f43
font_03_sfnt_off0002933c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2933C 10276 bytes
SHA-256: f1757e60a4708a576114daafc5705584ff293365b30b805b0853df99a3fb48d5