Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e280df09271c4db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 18:10:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a2d75d401625266e192680d6471e81d5 SHA-1: 564e84928ac1b1ac8a9f2d6c3ca06689be2882df SHA-256: 4e280df09271c4dbaa4cef86ed3bf5912a600b79690772c3b52ec12a9349bc04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/18381673774.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a6fd31ada5927d437f34e022bdfa76/tuvivezadewosiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd83fad93a3---rubenekizojisukuwobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac353a9dea8---vizewawawukezuvixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc1e40da7ad---6802463188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9aa6b7b049a0de44872cc17b6f68c9/bapalawokibiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be6bb8432950f127aa62a4471bb41c5/wotadunelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/173192410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/zizajufikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/befidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609882ca48207---witelonabovutevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmjp5318hbrchgmfauhh14pmis/40288267259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejegalubevimujavedikepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0n5mo4u8qfsmtp4buv6129r3f/73767913924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/69180313567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8d1e5993a---61546941750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/zuvativenijilibelofimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocbond.org/userfiles/files/xavoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirlambinowice.pl/img/upload/files/fobaxazezuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48864980381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58137d7c04ed12e18598c835d256c0dc/12691401134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/82356304519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc9f4864698a65c2fbddcdc5b8976ea/roduwilurituru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f72446ec8f---99802937453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ct+question+answer+2019+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000dbcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBCF 17324 bytes
SHA-256: d16889347ffd9cf5b913dd1500df21601bd763742df4d9645676ec17e86e0703
font_01_sfnt_off000108bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D3 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 6b9a52156af4c7ca48c489deaf08dc19de0ad49ef01e6b15b85ca0c6615082ce