Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ea274226c4705a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:48:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 257b7de36da43544d17cc15f3472c8c1 SHA-1: 8ab8908491a5a9bc79b51a96f49dc844ac51e693 SHA-256: 4ea274226c4705a21e3556569530202e416e214ca1400bddaae776eb55e0133a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/gopiwokedoguluwazodemipik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5085241720---jigutifaluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/62434767489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da8a87ede97de26a0279791ba11aed53/dimefujeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c90c0a519---93069351168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/suvipimatovatofopomomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/40106876426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233d5efa99b0a70387f9e465b74a55c1/zepixisimoxiguzulofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/demelebosipemamukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samogezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/26314682494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/lixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/77013896020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/fizenavukipivajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zabuvenizel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirtproducties.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18413710772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcgardening.com/userfiles/file/2021081011254173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/tugosuxesuzulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l766ud9j0sukad2c3m84ao398e/4658882510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/zopawopafakupivelofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4h4b9pju6pu0sv6bu1bnbjf8d/56909761830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/26008837221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/46603987465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3db6171cb3334749d20042aa4d1108a5/43367109161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bose+soundsport+owner%27s+manualPDF 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_off0000c528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3F 10732 bytes
SHA-256: cdcc6a22f76b58e5d8d7e1e67cbb9142c31094633eec3a341f8ce80a4117ef76
font_02_sfnt_off0000f607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF607 20264 bytes
SHA-256: 9fea50c6f83675c1d5eb2b7e9b2979bafb0b979513fa974ceefe6d3ec2e3c5bc
font_03_sfnt_off000129a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A0 16420 bytes
SHA-256: 8f9384a5d4afaeab6d8425b06e37b8e3aef5f3f0fdaca49d9efe9b43367c2e76