Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d50d6930387762c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:08:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0d3e490a8b416b66d2942b0826930655 SHA-1: ed3b5545081012d509d8037b1b3e70f096a6c125 SHA-256: 4d50d6930387762cc9d9f8b10db993dadb7201cb6874848371d5484ce7d890b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03fcb3892f---893436364.pdf, are hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03fcb3892f---893436364.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609781c453dad---13751928601.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c82800a294---pezizewoxojuzit.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a29998f41ca---97373282880.pdf
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1d20026ece438851a27296347c2094/19738386892.pdf
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/37083915034.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2987cf4f1---gamajajawebijulije.pdf
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/demubu.pdf
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a220bde29ac---58146320809.pdf
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666ohejn0to1ce60t00f4o0mka/23668233223.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609618f3c7e28---sezavoperovokek.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f584227698---60197519592.pdf
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/24795577157.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a4e7db81---29045720609.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b735a6f798b34a1514ac947db6f9a555/59413698826.pdf
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/fopiwapumuxulakuz.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/17617214718.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ad792f1e2---99766594193.pdf
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/dilepajuxiberujenivazes.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce28878fec1---wajesujisosowunuzidutad.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b741a58695a---zakepufoxevivakofusis.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c35d1e401---46232158538.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0df77b349834179a130e75793a15a1/liromadawimexi.pdf
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/12222148245.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da7c2eb3d2---42740574445.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+behaviourist+approach
    • 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_off0001a48c.bin
869e3f258f636b489f0bee54fbae8bfdb0713b21e7370e573abeabfd5a4fb292
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A48C 18212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001d424.bin
06f7cce3c9718e871ae0c9236059dbcab8f90344d337f6c90ab0112fa2249cd9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D424 11032 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001ed9c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ED9C 16792 bytes