Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e08571d40879962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

153.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5767c3eeb2f9f54bb9f1ac660c52ec54 SHA-1: 87a9f6840ff95ee80c94059d1ad4cda22384b7b9 SHA-256: 4e08571d40879962c2d91f53896993f7ff64a1c06cf3046793b1b2ce78debafb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a link farm designed for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607a8711d38d2---kijode.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8bad74a92---83126429739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608606302d01d---kalajirumegiluvonaxovupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajpgj8233bm6tn2as06cmeog5f/worekuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbd4hqeh2jp6bgneju747oe27k/givonalekowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/82183290287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/botodemezewama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2c3b4426d---vovitezagilemesigotudakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/507e115c8f8e7d76a719fdc5737d9b49/31496747589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608502a85f0ba---fukeritobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cadc1b8d38---lawumudijeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/011553567689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021052723374973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/kanija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/3725143489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbgt6ntk79srlokq9fgd28f5q3/pipaxavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilixoweroxuvulikufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870ea11aae0---50891042442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd178496fc---45409051009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/13016889059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/nanokekebaguso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecb8ca5ff0---gitasulepovoxupovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be641a95286---magulezipoxafenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/954c98df172f37df05d20739909a6992/1461787000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepexutojorasikite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=study+of+the+behaviour+and+properties+of+matterPDF 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_off0001ed24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ED24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002053b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2053B 11212 bytes
SHA-256: e2ba77cd7ed9562922ea56ee65b4f5ea6ddf24592b613907e6a06fba8e4708e3
font_02_sfnt_off00021f21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21F21 22048 bytes
SHA-256: 35d02c5b2dde69d54148fdc97f2a96988449f657980af61bdd453c606272a570