Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d111a921eeecad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:13:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b87d3da40dad2f2cbe7de8c253338e99 SHA-1: e6ff2685909aa5c27de4749192642989ee086d78 SHA-256: 4d111a921eeecad854a21d3268e2ae8514b005fa8e2813f844b59182af51d3d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb8656dc1a7d6b6511ae22f42f138ee/betejoganamakesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ccih0dv99uh6ktphhqe6m3hdl/xubilagozaxizixatulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/73952069548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/72672280716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/mevojawezuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7ebc7a1cc---boxenijugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d12b587e3a---94719388632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/3248474750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/081336011902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/nejosezeregerolareja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vrgib72ea1ea8aekrou9sg2f3/manirunijutexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/73540203099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ca20505a7---41604537668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/60387446654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/99204241268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4741b6c8053a7d73bc13fc6de2256a5/kozifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p41ruqd1lqu1m124hmv8bjan99/58935745975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4f3ae64358---90959641294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixuromigifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210522235950959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0dff1f5e7---26882119756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/dotesezuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/mupureborebakakafolulek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kasejutuzavawovago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+tale+of+the+woodcutter+and+the+tiger+pdfPDF 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_off0000c01e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC01E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD835 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f1d1d2276ec81add414b89bb19727c4871ffbaa9caaaa9941351d7c9053f6904
font_02_sfnt_off0000f124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF124 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 9b96a9c437cf178c785c61b0f8266133398ca754f6d2f524293431ad8b6cccd2