Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ee993a8bb5b06d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 19:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c231ada784df6c65c3792eb9c56e8827 SHA-1: bc158d9877f4a2a7fa8eaf5dc6b467e2f42b9ce7 SHA-256: 4ee993a8bb5b06d3d295641596aad5588473b93c3ff84b16c1ac6e4dca2b10b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which is characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to lure users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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 http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a608478bd90---nuvuxafamexolebekevizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90d819f084---getadajekanogosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ijg67cag6983q67pmsi1bjsv2/nowiremutewofafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/94533863214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjjf8mhkfv2tcp6ng6a2gourap/nokamomokizanilizinarutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kids-ex.com/rumopudikaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086afa4bc365---50175856728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba4bcc202b577552fdae85b7c0d7fd2e/razimijufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonioloclaudio.it/userfiles/files/30869740357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d4de188d4746c411dbed1b59bf960a1/likod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d6b4d32c8---13145176933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5136f89e4e---49929296717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58618a6b1e---vixevilelofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/merejitebirizapuzimixumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/sigedofudegapevukezexibeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xapomobapuwasopapoloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084ffb947cc8fa01465367062aaac0a0/24352141421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b2cb9f7528eb54ae6c779b892ca2e9d/28450952805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqd9ckehe6aepm2l08jtltu9r1/82343320123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rts-3.ru/upload/files/ladegorelunowiludul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/mirewafoxezigodegaxufafen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ojba9a6givsb351v0f803oit4/25943605746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845b4f27aa4---zizebajaruvivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/53456720297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/9124259388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=formula+para+pasar+de+grados+a+radianes+y+viceversaPDF 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_off0000df62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF62 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48A 19624 bytes
SHA-256: 87d0074bb2cc1fae481a306fdf18c6bd6b220c95bd87105cd494d248abf6f396
font_02_sfnt_off000127b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD0 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4c449317a192e5d002317c33a87daf5a9a0ad82281a9e284041fe69f15b807