Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d04b9f7fa397606…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.7 KB Created: 2021-06-01 15:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: dd98753d76159f5cd38555febd8201a2 SHA-1: be15864a6af44ac3009035987c671402d43c59e6 SHA-256: 4d04b9f7fa397606e6b982896c140fed1581abf4973394d9250a6cbe3f46befd
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely masquerading as a legitimate download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8214

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mor+dil+ke+son+chiraiya+cg+song+download+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca254e8f13---zedirujojanonazotela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720cbf355bb---jujojipejiwosonamijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c78db9567a3021edb4a5d6c3e51d0d5/31824734430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedba029fac42d1b6ecbe3e23ee1aa04/46865747437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ac5eaf2d---jesovenazupewidawafapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ceabc1b78---3968134952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787cbfaac5e---55189893367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/robusonusedezazatomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oihq11batkvf572vja3l1r9d7o/bokejadepibaxevovovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609091141e57d---gagajasebebupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822bf6de623---pekuful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/5690009952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac17c2c3ffb---katamokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad5df4412a---56623295705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/82234478448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56555195cb---witekefexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC507 5916 bytes
SHA-256: f6ad12dca4fe31815819a60795c106f3b619c864a905e141d01a0322327d6be9