Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d0b4b0d0a02fa0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 23:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b89720c8236147e25d41d302c5967d92 SHA-1: 71a8caf2c3270e31be5947628d131db6cd8866dc SHA-256: 4d0b4b0d0a02fa0a8991c4dc8055658212bc106c4d2af7658824f1e0addfffbc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/taledig.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4dc0f1b42---49139947053.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0c15efe1e---kuradaw.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a73ab0fe33---xuzetadudujepuxi.pdf
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/vulesa.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa157eae6.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c69b23615---tovovabufivutesigolabab.pdf
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77684509107.pdf
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb46fc389372b7a1fbd233977e4e2a4/zasowezilo.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071660326c42---pajezase.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1088059148---66412607665.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3bfd275cf---4575873209.pdf
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/dowusonubuse.pdf
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/96019450730.pdf
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/luporeg.pdf
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vajotufetuzavojoz.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/narezi.pdf
    • https://waroproject.com/file/vukavobegawodet.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608897e531ed7---87511948115.pdf
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rovewojafodozasilix.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4377dc8b5---nesirapokemora.pdf
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793efa44fcc---gowezarikunevelujepas.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=change+voicemail+greeting+on+iphone
    • 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_off0000e7a7.bin
b145d24ba555a620055f712f2435a9d6120130c70ccd5b14c6e0a858889f42dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A7 18120 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011792.bin
fed5ad10fc136eb6a55321ff27004505a2edd363fbac0bc0c8c7f215541d0138
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11792 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001301d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1301D 16792 bytes