Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4de846a2397a1a4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:25:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: a04f2de196fc00a3905dd06186e52e28 SHA-1: 0780748163733390b5f28b214a52a1fb90f6c2e4 SHA-256: 4de846a2397a1a4eb563053a3c3996fed0060f775da8ce740dd77602d177b0ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f089q0264dplnulfsdm8qnpp64/50294662854.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5b9c3840a---rezavosinubaxavoguvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/67682091525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/38827836683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/88034062536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app0.linkeo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210811144241978143u5mj2r7mpdif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125c68ab3f3b---bebosakakovuzotugezojimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4ef2d20bfffa652585ca80ecc625435/kuvodewutiwojifipakeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/98999194570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/taridiripak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b484883d4---wajuteboxujuvejadumuxomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20d2335553fab429b714ff0a7b510def/duduzodepeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5acb079293136ac37c2f77505fafaced/75025043062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612552c3100b4---4599673950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd798137632---15370714870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/dezisibunirukoxikaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnnefihhqmft3ojsv54ff2clu5/vumekivitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/il7pnco1e9fadk3qlfp5delmth/62440550266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vejaifocivueqatvehn6iso8m5/19607992071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxozigegujasirironum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/bejipejogenigefifunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe42c17ff59---riwomejadeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb280d9ca7---73118518512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nist+special+publication+800-53+%28rev.+4%29+pdfPDF 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_off0000f5af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5AF 11868 bytes
SHA-256: e6c8653ad3685b948bf919e900c4cf5b6bb8d121b248f96db7dc928413c1fcc7
font_01_sfnt_off00011245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11245 17744 bytes
SHA-256: e4ef2c9e2607be806bb9222e608d842583a1a0d95f9e0ec04ace66d447b6c7de
font_02_sfnt_off00013ffd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1