Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cf20e99743011a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:29:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bea0f9e4aaa68a46c532eee22fb95947 SHA-1: 416e79bd6afd127a4d46e5b5f3b0904d437c9e6a SHA-256: 4cf20e99743011a51f6734f82127165a7c2b246f5c99968bbda614b3900ca7b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, many of which host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/46808698101.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/padegaparaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b298ee19b6---xopipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6c2a4ff32---punifogikejoxesozebofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/xoxekiwituto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5ab107beb---xugarane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/77422897696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfca57be05a---wemavebutumiralazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/83489906189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/25692708873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/027e365v168jrrfm0lpkst93cs/sesugipapomaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkotirfho7jjdraa6064i05aq4/96299059458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc4ea2024c8---41687251157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/dujilesudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qndls0an8tf7p62bf7kq5icts/82857107439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gilj9nn7tqrolbib7pil76p2ke/daxironukufijozenijorajom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gff3vnp9htpeoqpnvesh0th6gb/ralirexerugaxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f4c1bed0b---66098841783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/59172778341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/95713568471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d84397053c37452854b3bee212c2324/13987887240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a292b5830e5---jekatugojowiripoxukajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/zatadebigivubigelobefanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb906204ff---zazepogajagobodatamupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=printable+cheque+registerPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF625 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 1963e077ab35be40efbe71cba7f469ce7ae980ea3a8aa7386387c4440ef05876
font_02_sfnt_off0001237f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237F 10776 bytes
SHA-256: f61a10ba37a76e05e14287463172a7a08b46b2c953557628b6e26550c60a9f10