Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c64074457fdba43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f66e00ddd5197a0cf0914264fb7439de SHA-1: 5d31730fdb190ea70b91c93aa8a2f63dea7065e2 SHA-256: 4c64074457fdba4304c18b24af9f269afba852c62a40a4b339f34edbfaa129f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'solving equations' term in one URL indicates a potential lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+equations+by+cross+multiplication+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ba74d61f6---duwiviwibifodene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210708072058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/jipegamiboworisipajavafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek5qh19p2dgnfif0vkkmmmsfpp/mumotavopilugixagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekamp98lgr9nb8nmdqh3o2rpv3/59519362002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98ce1b3e00---86063088301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e83108cdaf---mukifagupinukimolebuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/63220083366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prn6ecqadm9gvgehsga7v53ru2/69082808146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dd371e6c34---44042748929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984013c9391---76603179350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i1etf64rgt7727qii1an1svo4/sabanagemutofuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/birexifizovunisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74610085996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56770ddc4f---63669385254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/57964083940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/zawoxazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/23569764561122c209c6f1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba79730a77---57311734596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qhphp1vpmeietq1u3onio3glh/goniputujovosemuxuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a10843c7cc---sexaxofipawaweponim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/34423151922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/32716081908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/buwatofubipidanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611270f2a0335---tovuxitesolesa.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_off0000b885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB885 11640 bytes
SHA-256: 8da40b296a8c8f20ec30047897f29042f7363d4348582bc88f7d1c90f42cc09f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD398 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAA 16296 bytes
SHA-256: c1faad646ea40bc17ab96cfbcf8fcf56b0e654bda813ca18f664363a44d017cc