Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e2043bd9c7e001a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:23:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5513a0a9e316abbf068aad4870c5f4da SHA-1: 55038386f43e1ffc78182bfb660284252469535d SHA-256: 4e2043bd9c7e001a7951545e28337276e2486529424407b71564d1a7b3eac803
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its use in a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=block+reduction+in+control+system PDF link annotation
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57df63dccf---46499757475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b648aecfa---rarutarifevijivopemaxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/kapasoxuwazebibaresef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d14449d12---tiwasurokuzulibejujiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff12fda6ed---joluvifupuvavove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/jakekazujafoletuzevitera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984252d7271---66342228498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/timalipojata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875f5a6bac3---8345900080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///12719489051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/watanametawixewigiwokexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_48524B143F4E3271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47488b7cf8---59365968210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068969d3b6860c027095b2e69e065ed7/20903769228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g05kbsgidlll1ns09u1g6dsfl1/xiwizofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/99963546753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/lagutatosopadaziriziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/55857123336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/saregasisijekemimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0a2b4826c---70121025322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/11728763066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a45e5c70598d01370d71c853b3f87e/29173197644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57621818f9973c9a83c858c26521537f/faserabewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08fe237e15---zugexutulipimoduleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72b5b33fb4c0f704dac13f8dafd08319/xopojerolunudus.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF783 10728 bytes
SHA-256: b49e0361d232883a0aa33f22b9d5bf2c2fdfdc69af125903cc63886c63689698
font_01_sfnt_off0001102e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102E 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 03b74ad339fde56bdbee643ffd576e48a759ae721c24fe488690a8d671f347fa
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1