Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4dd0d7c79797cc07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4c639593e35d9b5a2fab2ce87f898de0 SHA-1: 090900a475f802647c0ae6fc6f86e4654761751b SHA-256: 4dd0d7c79797cc07392360d159e5fd122fc4c1653cc13a7c6295a92e0c2e9d29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. This pattern is commonly used to distribute phishing content or redirect users to exploit kits.

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://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/12063810812.pdf
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609804bb068be---rodewegunusowizeju.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dc85b3a95---20398614262.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609688d0f311c---tusonetonedimudiwezosul.pdf
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/2127286311.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/76621318682.pdf
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/womuzifezunuzamekes.pdf
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/filufuvova.pdf
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/34425337395.pdf
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2886c96571631d8642b14ed6dd15a0ab/22199109950.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95b14ac841---16141752497.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607348a579932---kidebabidamitegonit.pdf
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f23997b86c---dojurezupenozagazi.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7b677ee04---69468889677.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0a7e1014889d11c71ad0c710cf357c5/82651679113.pdf
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/basogejukupupevomilez.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae516968711---zunakobizo.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7de853d33---96953850565.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3476458f5e---vorurugu.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079353184914---xusatafi.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b894601b607c6cdca5f3ac3e162410a/womagujowibim.pdf
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae9220eebe1da3bade033c7917cd8d9/fufesizebemebipifezume.pdf
    • http://sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78431584372.pdf
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2d71716bb---98800107562.pdf
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7f9a4c8c58c8b8f6df3eb8367dd163/27752148604.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=new+zombies+map+cold+war+season+3
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001009f.bin
fc3de9c49b55c11d4998b95100795fe077d8f7e82182cc4ab1aaeeb460c82964
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009F 11012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a0d.bin
176912e76d3bd894c799c601507d2fda8a00c5b1cab55f2b9987e8bf62a2c8c3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0D 17644 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001482c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1482C 16792 bytes