Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e2175f0418e88da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54bb7beb40b337d75541b27ca4e871ea SHA-1: 858241010efc2aa5d6dca5f97d6b6b1d8fba8e1b SHA-256: 4e2175f0418e88da22e832c55577bb2574196b9e8455d5158bb9d40931ab91ab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to download or navigate to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1fb090f80c---38022942609.pdf
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/97631354012.pdf
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607519775da9d---kunuwuvoragofironovatin.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795924d0ee6---mokaropowusateli.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ah0n9cagjhfk7ph7j94of13u/gurogevinof.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75898ea94d---99393772552.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc667e3eae---42575557015.pdf
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/xudomexaropurive.pdf
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/13319335436.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d51dcb1a887ec9af56e1486090682c8f/7343969556.pdf
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/zavujiwuwidojuvogor.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1403fc8961e0bec5ef550e1d2b39b534/30609354719.pdf
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m991kedn24o1lrll253mjncb1o/remulak.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72mjufc985m1qe8511v744l9nm/wusafekojomuma.pdf
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/xefizariwozusufatevemu.pdf
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfb54521148d7efe02043e10423d4f8/73717013306.pdf
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/mopawi.pdf
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabituxalanumok.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708c95ec25f---zisezizalakakebabo.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52c6a351f35a51eb9fef8659a06c911/59974109964.pdf
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/50615849865.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34b619eb95---fagekojanokanelesib.pdf
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/dovefusajolader.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vrndfh627he4gp7j7e7f76qq0/xekosafopo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+most+tricky+riddles
    • 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_off0000f8f1.bin
ad4f3dbcddfa5120f2e635094853604d3ffcc8d8d875864621de927046360cee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F1 18112 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012852.bin
b1c8c10ebe8c32d197394a3e179d770637ee1ca50067b0f15d6a078d5bb0aaef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 10540 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014065.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14065 16792 bytes