Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d7982f2afb3cf11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 02:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 03a22545c1896190ef2dbdd2e3e88436 SHA-1: 52e2b869ed5b89291bd7e01db145e5f718609743 SHA-256: 4d7982f2afb3cf11253a01146bb3627f2a3ce8376ec906cbbc5a67f25dc8ecbe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/vemuditupemepilowizu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rm6p3st0lip9hphp0mrdkphmd6/durirefelub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/27457174497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/72824693279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128b75990d5f7f56e51e11335e653453/sokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aed2d7d446---nuteruseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2d285d1b33---62489887825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ph2l3vsml5g8hdkr99bhrd750/tirepaxosoporonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/mumaliraxajutelipumabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezorilaxezupijofawupuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skylineidaho69.com/clients/c/c7/c7306e0a9cc1d421caefa9c307ca601f/File/14823086203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/xiturilikolipakexesikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa28b5a485d40e2d9af062eddc9f37db/bogofugudipatebodasadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/ruduvavile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/kabofupeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/94926922389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/55510479149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4468c2b3d70bcc70053169a5855f61b0/tekapuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95953d221---zegumopikazogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a874514f4eb3a6be0d3df7450c664b34/97314282111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a6b4c0751---8613347202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+vibrating+mean+in+soundPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b37599dfdf7e171e61bfd62c19b4d80/16714164198.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_off0000b625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB625 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 4a2130f6efbcde5d5d81a4a399bb829825c71a4e620b7a360cfaac67445a4add
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2C 14456 bytes
SHA-256: 4c8714f21c69ad8227e7c061720140ed54170a752a2ba038cd354d6804395e24
font_02_sfnt_off0000f319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF319 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1