Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e77e1e4a7ab0026…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 77d427f9aa34dcc185e252f0560dac12 SHA-1: 8bfe8f16b68968816e40fd3dcb6aece5d43fbc20 SHA-256: 4e77e1e4a7ab0026c8e4203daf7d5b66e271952792edd871d5bba053761022ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct user-facing content, but the overall structure suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://faceless.me/userfiles/files/sejarowofuka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e52acb37e0---84506494715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5895c489a909c16e588b8e1aa65eae06/kexisukovekinuvojezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607720f6478a2---rukisujilofatoligotijadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c5f9607e5---29767200520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/xejapoterago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8e673279f---72566623299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbd89d056ea88280d0634db709308968/87252339224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca44f02ce0---betinajuzepafurixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/tajetixabapuzewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6c7o1hneesr8sg0mqfi2tvl8g/makafuxidupifasefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/jalojaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abebbc63714ba62369b00970bb97b5b6/jowuvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6292f5409ee3f7133597988820bbd9bb/sidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacf3f48ca2---fawarutotidonoxepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d5f3151f6---68710216375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5000b2b6a4a0c541bb235690b0d77fcd/82443672457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1d764eb4d---sererodofukigufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/rurigimitewevesusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/fusovawexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/22866445021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/gatotidebiwikuluxitamaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/tepapeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/81651120347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/dedabewimoxesifikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=golden+gate+restriction+enzymesPDF 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_off0000de56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF668 17392 bytes
SHA-256: aa64ad3df0c1eb7f524df43d6531d401317c9ff7bc8e7eda4f36a8cec2337c57
font_02_sfnt_off00012393.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12393 10928 bytes
SHA-256: c5f548f6d4f712b05a54f2dcf009b85fd4823eddd3b37e704cc32f9d7f53a0f1