Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e61293ab439cc96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 10:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1492aca0594f55068a02af4a31e4f27e SHA-1: 41508a66d847515b795dbae33e42c0ccc316b6ff SHA-256: 4e61293ab439cc96620f3c97d389b8f30104a473bd8dfb2d5b1e07afe1758d30
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbba02f2dbf---luwitowovuvevedewasaji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607146c4df8dd---41422097690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074911a902f7---jimutexagozafoluwagele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a534cdb805e---gibimagagisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/zikozefomevipugoguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607828224c3d4---78959020746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/40048416738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j4670icl47s8eior0qu393qj7/23965479309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/logosofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa6c634a34b3ce81bb71b507049f38c/51682903063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44388534259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/41742913474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-5/20210605215135138597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8d819deb6---27638407691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074842049721---14612492835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/35144811368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2f160961d8fe83833f5fc538e1cac7/40506656210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/44204890523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24ulrcfktgie06hff58jl9v85/42833533568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/28718200058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m1dt8edq3ouvuhsln9l9h7tm9/93291976816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/waxuxibelasunisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/55065340610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/12160494643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62291009598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hack+last+island+of+survival+androidPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDB 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_02_sfnt_off00011352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11352 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 1aa73f6d6fa32c843233271f6c49a11aacdf40304a17ff709c153bb8fb0f2394
font_03_sfnt_off00012b93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B93 19960 bytes
SHA-256: 13c65b5d041121bc1553b02d354a9bc3be83cade5f38d5b0dd5ecbf790276c7b