Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e209b59eac090d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:37:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 77ee34fba3d5e6f83db6a8768fa8fdd3 SHA-1: 0852d40615e30a60e089318d1771f0c21c959edc SHA-256: 4e209b59eac090d15ac28dd0d4fbdc0a9311b3504e769ddef3fec38370935c67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farm heuristics and compromised CMS upload links confirms the document's role in directing users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+logout+of+your+google+account+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/wugibotolizozaseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2nrhr0qurdhb01osv2fhuefoo/lagotiwuwekudirevitezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439d05bc814---2977379641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/62155799835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/10839163846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/tapinujixabozirurerijogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikizobaturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/xevixojeriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/36800182487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20129043957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_1EFF939135F57CE1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lalorraineperdue.com/documents/puxexeboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/77498516764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/woparug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/jetodutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1979c9052---zovutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/99808890940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fengshan-zhennangong.org/upload/ckfinder/files/tobufojazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/xizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3850b0ea46739872efdd2caedf9907/jetora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d937b3830---91776022075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/65123882302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzhero-sudzhensk.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekude.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_off0000c4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B3 10776 bytes
SHA-256: e27f2a72241d69adcb64460210ac10075caea56bce7d9c8485744a217848c99c
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF585 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 3caa741f6425bd43417b9b0b2dd45b1ebe06795fd7571adf371ac20bc7ba25c7