Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e3cae3ca5d5d123…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 23:42:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6ee6098b2e1cdfc5acef8477fe47f10e SHA-1: 80629f87be1f6641db7f3f5317e1719a76030b78 SHA-256: 4e3cae3ca5d5d1233055111810af8dfb07e635d15e0ab60cd568678dd3af5ee3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://banghenails.com/upload/file/suzovij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e12a754f5---22991368257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/vajuwajozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc233cb67ad4411e2bbf4f90f99bcee/61769104440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sei1m16a1u80kag9h62llo6n7t/vajiwozewufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/gomumoxatuwadufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zop.bg/webroot/img/content/files/1104152920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608180c26363d---saronazazewipapotoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/45751257923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5afacbee219a45c238bb5db19c1e68d/84878488433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91d4067006ca822d9350abfee1c08338/44539396688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618115754600242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a443660da69---27990326367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noticiascgnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegubaseteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8951f9ed53dbac2f1a4afa16a430a815/29195033958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/71895029594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210507221955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiporec.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3caeln2c0dfe8g125m931959mf/87304575636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab51e89e5df813dadde4b7699146f21/sodaxidebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/fenuvanikifekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768c11579c---ritiverofunegudelixilero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a0fdb7b0---34165767165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a85bc2b4---zamuwoxibefevixevuxukebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f72a5cbdd8eff94f7f8547a4200bb2/siwozelezasilomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/begexufugotakoguzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=brain+teasers+answers+and+questionsPDF 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_off00010b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B91 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 219ea7d8e670287dafa4a03a7cf36268c3864e516c394652ac896b1e4fe2ff49
font_01_sfnt_off000138d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000150eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150EB 10580 bytes
SHA-256: f0224754574323b4f6a774cfba3c611e57d113dd8403033875228ad383d9dfd3