Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dcf38b598b79eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 9c98aafb8f672a706cb4391f90853ccb SHA-1: fbef9a2db3cae57bb1208179459ee4b4cc841eeb SHA-256: 4dcf38b598b79eede684c2645ed0de886933363d1627859fe91bf681d36c2558
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating it's designed to redirect users to external sites. Several of these links point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+grammar+rules+pdf+for+competitive+exams PDF link annotation
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/pipimasulofipawadipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728842dccd4---95375038718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumawamepokubigonavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedifiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/27382795197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c219e551280---xakubegotenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54dd4058a3---golevubulidikajorirugasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/25135100477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/90198415727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082303183955---3997447257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/wiluzudizijikaletukuxokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04ad1157df221adfb34a10358d186d7/67527870694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c7edc7c5f---rimevekenitaxupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24f82698974cd6dcc3f1aeea2e9711b/80755512636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1391f1aa7---37596996426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43039942565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c692c4b9---86463421995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6d3aa0833---27173225918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/sozugabawikevogofiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggirq30d4ecrnjd8jotufmpcve/jowadekuxotosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13c74544a97c497f81c466b717d74875/visezogenuzetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc727fa488a---bujamopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9c4071097e8dc4e38d229b85751cb7/pagipesitezilazidigavelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/tipofitovoxisodidujapux.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ffad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAD 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 75c2f27bd7fcdde269b8707a9da60b57492022842536702151bb7767aa28e69d
font_01_sfnt_off000119e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E4 17544 bytes
SHA-256: 69a93a4441d44d3d024cd58ab6708a1c9b217cf7a1c515453acd84b418a00463
font_02_sfnt_off000134bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134BF 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 648c4bfcac15e228d04200c3a96dbf183c9979e6df2a6551cfc1d405bc87ffbf
font_03_sfnt_off00016233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16233 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1