Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ef9440f103eae0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:45:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 468af31388492198a92ae7be4005f974 SHA-1: 5dcfb9e62bb415a7f2bbe4a5595b3cfa220da6c9 SHA-256: 4ef9440f103eae0dff20082dae1ce6fdcff549e70ecab127f92fbc9117594a20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=if+you+know+what PDF link annotation
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/59685308819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cd90422bb---84946794766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqhihpddja5770s46csjafbmh3/16239131658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874ef449966---gexelosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd22cbe4b76---kopolikuguzomudifoxajolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/wewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84369909169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084adc6ee383---toduwijovonaxodawivumozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcdc4sqhao5uu1nm0rku3meihe/lefoxupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa4356cdd7---21487221179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ca27d01e9c98ac001679064f18f310/7744792937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ab610353e---votidelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/riwotoxizegatisatenisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5431e3d710---tisivokajufotojekatefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607569fab80dc---fejajimafatorerijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/desiduvifujufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/monav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210619095323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e302ae3e347d1a390e740cbb3d28dab1/lomamevekunobigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/26645748219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849da464508---19179123109.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_off0000c6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C0 18096 bytes
SHA-256: b9825669c5ac4e542be3d707901bbbacc4de7c9a53d8c78b2e7d82ee60f56673
font_01_sfnt_off0000f52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52E 10116 bytes
SHA-256: cf3ad344424e41249add14fd08c915c891ea676d32a2f06fe55b8c03321c17d9
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1