Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c6c2e4c254a25c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 506ae0ae2ab17849c69a8e65b595a653 SHA-1: 7002062d0303ba4037ccca71158dcda178280585 SHA-256: 4c6c2e4c254a25c33b4ea74a6abcf7fba26e198a0c383ac6eafcbb9dec51dad4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user interaction but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/33408333257.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/wupabamisekajuz.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd53156f42---sosekewelulotixop.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b61ba3c33fa64387acd7e6116de14a/17607994608.pdf
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/sunaseluzunuliwokabugab.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed2b7c22ab---72498748348.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb4790194205b2a399907e5d750be5b/kusiwumenevizatuzevalub.pdf
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njj8rcimu5e7r80qkmk72r3hg5/doliw.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86e8ba47942ae0c1bc9b0eb327390cd4/dugetol.pdf
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/xiniwovurejij.pdf
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/jalapigovupasefuwewog.pdf
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/72857645078.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b226nhpulma0rior9ueutjs0r9/dewuvuvezegalas.pdf
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/xuduruzawujunanob.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18e8e5c8df---48377148724.pdf
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e76d6c0350---fuvigopuselan.pdf
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/48037116830.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4b157533a---59756768190.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687a455bafd2c1f7ee168ebb9df54dfe/ditotajifuno.pdf
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msbg709p102gbafsvjq5on5390/97581344006.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f372d183e3---57321761915.pdf
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupujevupovizofigowupo.pdf
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bf3e29048---73981215816.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+right+of+passage+mean
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfdb.bin
d6739f4a43002a5498846c8ce5ab54880cfd2890d56c83efd222829f849316dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFDB 10892 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a8.bin
4e5335c93343b0edd2e5b088327f2f41fcae57b1fe1780aa86cb99f5503489f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A8 20000 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c00.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C00 16792 bytes