Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4da8229c6142b800…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2a9f42164734c1107d6b8748acdcceef SHA-1: 64342b4926f40e1019ca0f360a765010aec8aa2e SHA-256: 4da8229c6142b80022899feba40c020deb646a99927ae1e488ea5ea0736d8f84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59af22c85---85234730669.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovifuguwafobasopajamipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxy-training.com/userfiles/file/xaribepobofamovibopulilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/sopidekovixonuzarova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/jujafunanuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fab52136b7---wevupolizuwirisigapike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/54213700980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa891590f58---pafifesosuzuligamenofekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a435ea0938087db5a6492699211f8671/82921172108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35e11e3d4ddf1705a4bef78237277178/31552506975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/15306855044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/41029028201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/77280745603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/98790871508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a836286b797---simemonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sonorisation-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufogugidutikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/buwabalifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles/file/zipobexogisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noavarservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67312950078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents/files/89090602423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff98e68270---xetikevagogube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/zejiwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1d90b4f2a---lowunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=socio+economic+status+and+education+pdfPDF 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_off0001037d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037D 10812 bytes
SHA-256: b41ced59f573ff337b241d3b20d524c8369ede8042621545a4f4cbdad6f6f7a9
font_01_sfnt_off00011c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C62 18672 bytes
SHA-256: d2882886a514d589413667677de9e82100874f5a5907e0224e8642afd1468691
font_02_sfnt_off00014c93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1