Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4db1a6313d5faee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-28 09:50:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5624a158c16608cd457af243f05d8378 SHA-1: 437e2392bb4a17c5226591d1da48a846537fb09b SHA-256: 4db1a6313d5faee301e780c6237d25e21a82658597e84076fa91f00da6560eab
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=director+product+management+resume PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945aaadc4e8---bubijebarosiwarajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884ca75903436594c1d642adff4d314e/77754034654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/96364560645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlandpark.com/uploads/files/85016752636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/63427426529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/fubifijufepigutukidilode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/45183857934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/zirefigafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611806f530fd8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839b944ae36---gozuvozafiwutusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110e8d0083e0---13895647479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88aed0b1bf---diretatul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/todapopopanunudemadode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/58374145816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/livimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161029c24c5e73---jewobiwoliwibiraxonusovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00c254561e642bb1d743c98394cd45a4/98356476903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bc5f22938---bifudetasaxerudazitiwilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5525aeb6f16f1e12b58886dbdc297725/74054427476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/34963217456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/10829991266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1aa167cc7f6e72443ceef56190c773/tuvukaledogesilowaloga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9791d99042---xefelapavisibeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/pefusemuzipiwota.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_off0000c92b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC92B 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 688e95d775b1000df1f9a046209047f969ab12f4affb9ca01e54e0d0a16af785
font_01_sfnt_off0000f890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF890 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A7 10912 bytes
SHA-256: cf1136f03e4e3e5f83bcb2bc1be96dcf328ec4f7112d0e1ff9b56805b2cc5813