Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e93321b02ff20bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-22 01:42:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: aa419a9a381a4f21388d172a34b3eade SHA-1: 1d6d01a057caad0b170fec54068b5d3c5bb13710 SHA-256: 4e93321b02ff20bd7a70d01f08ed52c14ed3dd6452d2aced0ea847ac1c9de324
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to distribute malware or lead users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://synersys.fr/contenu/file/wapukoruved.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a532075ab46---sufufozuzezidojuvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608430a826a30---45961054575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086953bcaf9c---furijurinugelilofite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/20143045992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609295d7819af---86145137465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae42ebcc341---60195227040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210612_141313_8633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88bfedc9fe---49723586226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74ce4b82d7bd36b973f7caea4dfc9e99/wegisulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogibusezefafujitoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32b948a63a---gixokunoralujilinesetobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimthienbao.com/userfiles/file/vubekivaneguwuxifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttqjjqh2j999q1igmldh80j3in/gobupenulevozepavakumina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdvjebfnme0uijbieddcmi0eum/radoxujasekofavolawaruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/61314036641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e798310d710---nuwosewizades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/87798553025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/rupivulaziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210707162565183175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/92163137303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c015039b7---wowojegekoderu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81464283257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=managing+your+emotions+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e9d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F0 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 91f74b9654965a0d414f95d51c8b240db61134309fe22217d51e0a35cd54de04
font_02_sfnt_off00011b11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B11 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 1b39fc927a2509d2728fc703f9ddfa87dfe377fbb5a5469746865557b3c5d39b