Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d8af8fc33808525…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 08:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2495f5da81afe1816de59c197b5c259e SHA-1: 2684039dd60cf52a4cd15df212293b308cfba9a5 SHA-256: 4d8af8fc33808525af614760274a47ea33c62e22b5389b49e6a0e1ac86757a10
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically classified as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and numerous external links suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23c4653a36f26222ea1a8687eb4b9a1e/retesixifewogejuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608046f786309---21919801838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/37200580583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/49313757170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58444838803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17ba3962ab5b4284edf0f509cf5252b/53202897786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/68253745705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608941aa21b72---nibadodarimeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/rafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e4d28a507---gusunamuwugowomiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/96446006060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ac733af43---kukebilinotarilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/zupefemagitaruzogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10e0f09a75---81286367384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/17727456584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/49249996520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca229b60ee0141434059136361becdc/84584997344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/23210078793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/85611553934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/rojosorazesudunogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4dfad026a1d83441283e33432068637/xiveberozigavove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64184752209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reprogram+a+universal+rca+remotePDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBF 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3efa45053d7e96d30aee525ead43a0a8998e344290a8b760ee9cdd4bb322c7
font_01_sfnt_off00010730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10730 16880 bytes
SHA-256: ddb8c4088994f52d324fc8f09365476ec9c3b59c669b36e2137dfa7b9c3d2d40
font_02_sfnt_off0001334f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1