Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ed0e45f41abec1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

693.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: be9bf11d1f227237ff691b0b0b8c5971 SHA-1: f27f0b1738b32a659b7ee26fc1131ba2aefddb07 SHA-256: 4ed0e45f41abec1f1fb1fb95cf3b2f86d667acdd0f0b991f251d75d730c1b3d4
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a phishing lure, specifically using an SEO redirector to disguise the malicious intent. It points to a compromised WordPress upload storage, further suggesting a phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7463

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+vocabulary+in+use+upper+intermediate+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/38646806874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5edee9f829---60472662376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/40495661936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/49432499360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7cd5c0a14055e4f8fb4d7d68e497461/99728870981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f15ptis6eui2lkih7q15elilr/86291685696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/wogisasipuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03900b071c---napor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/656ed88bbaee83ffbc0274a70cc24285/87246016438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b754ec0b46a---muximuzisonuwurekadirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e5bf7fa9f---90021712066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75965946dc---bofoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexicourse.cz/res/file/93744328010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce0d11f7b6---moleguzovokiwomuxidofoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/17302568181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/jarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/rinuligetogoxoluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7716278f9ce8bf56d533b6358f8e0fb6/boxozatopixakeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcpqe0mdufnviod5vbgvlfn7jg/popefoxumuvojimalisegolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d734a9f9787aaf6f327e42b21eee4d09/72858127473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/01/lafodijefosemijukajite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081191fbc1ff---56151280777.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_off000a605d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA605D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000a786f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA786F 19036 bytes
SHA-256: b10703e325f1ee5773fdd5a4c06175e8900e2fa924f396a6d1660f2cf38d678c
font_02_sfnt_off000aab0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAAB0A 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 4541caa9cbe070109b8b189ccebcc1d9126d1d525b8f48ab93dc353710dfbe52