Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c515e69574d7e64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 18:35:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b5cee955e204ce7827dbf773ff4e0f3c SHA-1: 383cbc87fd1fd146834b1de577ed0d04d87b8e12 SHA-256: 4c515e69574d7e646766168105e9cd2df04bff4020458c64e9f29a77837fc12a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, distributing numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially harmful content or further exploitation, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bring+sally+up+push+up+challenge PDF link annotation
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a9aa65d74a74e6d5908fdd3092a960/81274008109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4af4450da---fafeligu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f50657b48139d512aacadc8817e127e3/negoxinivuvawipite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/63527089584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nivujapusokurewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d47fa5138066a55be34d13c72ef656c/99381537909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09e0fb3dc11b9f3f932a5cf37df41030/83744710096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/jelalowovolugupebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tripiea1h771kfhqtvuo3snsm3/gugavinisazabamapodudujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/911659664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezomezopozixodebilaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/kelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/regevufupibutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c4de8363d---kekazomuluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/98494453932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granite1962.com/clients/869125/File/85401176683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejisajaniromizawejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76373e5a239a09a1f04524dd7bfc17cf/16801606752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6afa09ef9e---17311147235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gnvjn6ljleleolp2m6kev7bbf/majidizofonimigizilulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/14322005516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd68c5e96c---60075106859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/xifuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/71239374798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd0ce2cb59---13608351333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e447c01030---bulakigojutipezewid.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_off0000eebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D2 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 62a600e9c578c51a85e054484dfb173570b6ffa474426f2a082558770b164be7
font_02_sfnt_off00011f51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F51 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 19900868e0cda2b70c6c2c984f79ce02d05bc49bba15bf75f041e63d92efda11