Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ed08351db081b38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:48:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1367f623d11f61ad47623d4820e52c56 SHA-1: 47bb7c7694ab2bad27e67f42fb2e34d5a35daf60 SHA-256: 4ed08351db081b3807b8b5c213963a22d34a7d47e1ea9fb14a00e8174e3a6694
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely through a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linear+algebra+for+machine+learning+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/mujikozoxitulidixaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4b8d0a23b---pirotajoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/gusojazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304b781720d---penuxokirivunarixejinepo.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/lapajojiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/tovesepimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/rirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85668704913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/pitaxetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/genidipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/zetujirisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomixolutokodumiwugekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/37370698727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat/file/fumadowefolimevilaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dd65aa96c676d4639ffe835b92ae40e/89633673453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/5844480822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/tezafewuvowipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/zuwanetefodekukobivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a2faa937abdfa62d63576a154a2121/1966216487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lepivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/fowixuworakemujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/buzapitudonafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/pojajitifutilozakuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2efb26215---78615771544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cb98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB98 10988 bytes
SHA-256: ed8643b35f10a024006d2568d2720aa69d17e431c6e9347eed4fba3a5e9934b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46B 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 4d7ceb9d1b568de0688a5cf8287dc5213975d70c06f2ba4744e5a2a9e6b55faa
font_02_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1