Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dbf3dcd90cbcdc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 23:41:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 031fc0ce68a3bac7dd7852f23a22a4b8 SHA-1: 22b7847f9a44310c823c38c35cb23878015b575b SHA-256: 4dbf3dcd90cbcdc59bc8d478e3364ee59a4d30e1ab15950a8e4a9249b29f9a38
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF that contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a raw IP address in one of the URIs further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/211735026449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kartplast.com/resimler/files/35624364320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kvuiiq6qjecf2nmh4f80sne2u/giladabusilibumovixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d211fc00689---kagitodalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aarucg135n71cbj0rsccu0qvr/58496044762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4107dd64bc---nalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/juluxuzobopilalidibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91gi85cegjah52aa9n4q19c9d0/fovitemizuderinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608037f87b037---49802448804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096364c3c4e1---buzujopido.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/zodiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fc0618855---88510656910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6335a1f0fd6f49a8e2b9472149c79e0/61015625956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colescastle.com/clients/875019/File/wedexejijumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/57592535614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727851d36b8---jekeneziguwaloxemadonibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3928086e971d33569eff069fbee8bb6/duwefized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/ruvabozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/sumejiwukidatuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheeld.org/clients/d/d0/d021426cee8527c21a172be12ef3d645/File/refarofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eead83d391---55694510246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/18742433222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/86081647636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cloze+comprehension+meaningPDF 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_off0000f69c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAE 17236 bytes
SHA-256: e65522d789e6e9db208e25bef2fc2e21a3201ee94075a8e9c2688b9fa35052c3
font_02_sfnt_off00013b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B72 10812 bytes
SHA-256: d3564088459bc1b89c38a2025a9079281a36d181f43f66d77f5ab0550587411e