Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d5ad5a2a91022f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 08:54:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ef06bfc1bdc848cf19788953a345b179 SHA-1: 53b962e670faa46ca098dc01cbfbd74308d876bc SHA-256: 4d5ad5a2a91022f831cb47fb2900fb3abd0a9af16344b939d98330d0769e332f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users through these links, potentially to download further malware or engage in phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bef01b6130d---417323709.pdf
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/68429406718.pdf
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210715194946.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b4160b005c9c253e77f6c2326e190d/neduzetufexerubo.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2851633e9---16636626009.pdf
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/91496356139.pdf
    • http://hzdshg.com/images/upload/File/14345751892.pdf
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumuwitu.pdf
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077eb5245a83---18743509626.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab31bafad1---redujazazavefuwonenifelul.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2d0184557---tebosofojalafupage.pdf
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riu5u0gcevquan1m9fh10m83tt/94484202285.pdf
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/wagexid.pdf
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijinavobijewanosa.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a675a7b40e9---pugilumufekikutirubi.pdf
    • http://tainghe.vn/userfiles/file/dodedajiroxemaxusufupudod.pdf
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents//files/69418019332.pdf
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/8314469127.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7157d913b3d76ed1a82408009db54c/24923086257.pdf
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/65639163449.pdf
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/jusisete.pdf
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/91060704106.pdf
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/tavidefuboragova.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lose+weight+with+intermittent+fasting+16%2F8
    • 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_off0000f48d.bin
12b99fe18c869e98ea41804433d078bdf291df3296e2e4afaabd936b31710c35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48D 11200 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000126ca.bin
b18d375cf8ad75ae25151ca4e76a8f49e43ff59e78e9e9e55003f600a8a88b16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CA 16944 bytes