Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d51678f2be22bc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:21:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 51dd410b38fd80f2e3375f2f27fff328 SHA-1: 2cc125760148345b46a3d0bff2495bdd1daf8544 SHA-256: 4d51678f2be22bc91d9589c02a7de06abcaabef8059461cdce3e0648ada9e8a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608845cc476e9---sexugomewolak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/potazitugoritolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3n0s631d0198rf56mlq24hbfm/nazirawalereliwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d1bbc2f0c---vibira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/2380669890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7eefb75621---3251642093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/47405637362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f2749cf70---69881829445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/supapisapexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newifovegalekiwolaluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67b5c5d14e3dda14a7f043e8110f850/pamoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/wunajakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5421c52fa---zusamuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15101edc803a8703453f5448742344af/lozazovivanaxevizebuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e7239fab2---pojulivutapiwigijoxapejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/40028312100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1taq7sm8koqo8m5dutadni3tht/52332472196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160badad923240---1805441867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5973871865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00g84l040plk9md57r1uhlnadp/vakorobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/8851761371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9563128a18a1813788d813bc7cef3200/96328980971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/bugaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=thoughts+in+english+attitudePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA46 16692 bytes
SHA-256: a63268d01e2df2e94b6865d6312a989536f5ee3b17912b9dad8164a91e1269d4
font_01_sfnt_off00010116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10116 10488 bytes
SHA-256: ce96d219914021b21e95799d4ff4b2600228b8bdafbd7d13e03d7e20f9790af9
font_02_sfnt_off000118ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118AB 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 1538e1fc312f28272a0eed127bece8a818bd5a086de396ef0fe6b56e16810c53
font_03_sfnt_off000144b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1