Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d4041260d7d628b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5ac7fa96076a4d8f1921e8a32bb6e6cf SHA-1: 410cab5d855a83e87272e7a4c279970d6cde34d6 SHA-256: 4d4041260d7d628b76e75079919c3ad62af20d84ae961b470a72e8896f3a14a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, likely intended to trick the user into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, and the presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings point to a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ef84afef5---77771181330.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8115e29575ebe4827a7ec74346b8652/golaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a497b41fc9bb4129126070617f3f56/libofelelalipaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c806ad73b---16711358969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825f48bc6b1---58680777102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2de729c899---soxolorave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59204daaad739f3025c1f6b890a4d7d8/89996679589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/folowozusuxinawigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/xuteloxafusarotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf53i4qm1s96puvemgu86tvu01/dizogalebedopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/454a0113c303847ab0430a8715c3f991/89364833850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2k07g8557a07bg84hq6cjasd/76465951973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9128080cd3---nulanelefuradugelivedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/refu4bd2p5vqf0ikdrn87f5vc1/tanolurozanekosekuxabut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gabotakijobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f8d761f3d5accc66add76077fb6331/botejoguvefusawonadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c2f52697---33607173477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1930dc56c599960778bb4a8fcb6eba/78910966165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1a3934e87---zazaxogoxilanaboremugaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838028e416e---49036945450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/bumazijirokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fed88706bb---jifawixuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+hack+download+linkPDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/laxovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e7ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AE 17188 bytes
SHA-256: dab30815fe0b6064de2a8bbf8364a4a3881daca8bd85620b6bf9a53655ccae7e
font_01_sfnt_off0001149c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB3 10452 bytes
SHA-256: bbc89715249c8e558d886a73894a4eca0fadf38e7c38ae3d6b95aee9ddc70b89