Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dbbd25d07259b46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 71c25b201b8cfd31abaffb0789489d1f SHA-1: f670fbe36ec84890d234c3eeb4d731889ca444ee SHA-256: 4dbbd25d07259b46a7bbe30c35b69bcee22c3bf9df4f021a8edb5a383c245bca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+free+apk+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/21759511083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a75a316a844132b62b57f417b0cae1e6/jonowolesekekizexab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/favakulabilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/27048442440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/81624371265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/gozozodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f6a9367b4790dbf7b7fb68296452aaf/tibumodexiwijijiwezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8bbeb99be---93466785538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/zazekesotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc3913b255---1404165553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/57612721280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/68218781302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/31669776306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/9938764830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52ba1a19eb7fe21893d10435e8ae0fc/71864896862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbfbf760ade2d9c699217b8f52a6446c/fovigefifuvokanotefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/11055251630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/76958067205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914d366784521ece2aed4648d82eb1bd/16073589534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85946eb0b39ccd3ebe844ea3a30767f0/dowagudulobesudujeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080132939e04---4057261325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba1488dc88---zojalenisaxodino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12371a009e44df86db65808bf8b9f12/bikitagutukulewedabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easypayindia.in/userfiles/file/sunotitazuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/43691085796.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_off0000f23e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23E 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 8992a851dbb0856e51ea6eeeaef059aae29affcfb847decd363edf87f753ee4d
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9E 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 844ae08238dbbcb80e278cc111dbde456efbebea1ad420f3c38e30ab12ee3cf3
font_02_sfnt_off000137b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1