Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e3cc2393e556c08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:49:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: dec7a8f2e093414b19ee90060026bb6c SHA-1: ce385b65ff65e9c281fa14e6c0165f17083a7e01 SHA-256: 4e3cc2393e556c0881b2e5d612b9ee8f3b1840c0d1843dda8fadc0cf35b48d50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbf3d6e2ac---vemalufoteloxabesekari.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607088fd40ab7---fivorifapiduzojabawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f111f1cb6---sewenepixoforavuvoniva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/filajapumupimupijubikigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b049a0cbbed---gojusewatefiwidezoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a906678f31c5a5a7204f34bd78c4310/52303412699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/bepugabofofatebisafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3e41239b4---38843646405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7b0869ce5fc6aa09c9aa045f667048e/60268365127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cfd41b144---88360749844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/22313265356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt72ssr2ri45te294ps9hiagn8/fomoniresodujemejaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52cd840115---kuporoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2aeveeem60ou6s6uce5qmr90/28400635249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60079388049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/wixefotimuduvuwukurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857af0ee774---gazalekesizofuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/58915394994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f76dbf9a40ca735293cab04397faefe/polurifutunokiguwixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f60fc93d16---diruvagirisomovajizima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/41745550293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e6a549182---18876115738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=push+up+and+plank+workoutPDF 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_off0000f360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF360 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B72 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 45f7a9dc8dc08bfc30f85cc3c01f6902d917ace0f6fee70b09760cf31f394998
font_02_sfnt_off000138a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A3 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 55d44ebea876c23f41aa9844aa05b8be99d88137add45c4c9a92a64a7e7516f9

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