Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e56270b2e346f92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 724dc43b70b197d7fa1d124d39b41b5e SHA-1: a49c411a73303352fa5fdfdc053120098a55fa91 SHA-256: 4e56270b2e346f92bc4ad5b507df01e97b52e7adcd9ad6bc320a182898ddfed9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the links serving as the primary mechanism for delivering a payload or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0db2d2245246132d7fbe417ba884ae09/dojetanin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ead5cf773a56be96db77780fa0ce0c/xisavorogomikosetopugepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc00e938ca---remup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/43296550281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/fudaxitemamodivijage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/sukebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85fa2e51c3d8d7eb207ca197df596d1d/17264557137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://versobrokers.eu/userfiles/files/pazugizedagika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/voxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf58f30082565d9bfa2c4d15777f7b0/bugiganarorolomajurowuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/manin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/resap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigredclassof1960.com/clients/879476/File/kadikutafobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd4ba0cb3a586a217608b35a7b14f2f/vepajifipojotujefolike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/78129661464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/94599116059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607716c0cc23c---35995382221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bc5ddc041---rosemolemuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d2f40b96f---veboxamima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/jogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/47875973014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://midasspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopigimati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/49298930407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/gusotuzedibixari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fractions+halves+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000cd01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE513 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce57fa5f89659d0b70804448422e17299391d764984e64de41a10328ee85c97
font_02_sfnt_off00011427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11427 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 0a0ecc88fc5ce5db110008a5bde3408c1198062b197b0c5fee24ae7f66f86be1