Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f04d0170e3fac57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:52:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 75fbb7a9f29bc0dcc5876a9bf916b949 SHA-1: 4c9fcd153fa330c7421d096cb98c998591ff9ea9 SHA-256: 4f04d0170e3fac575c86dd72676bb44ec72317b96f3cef1c7066d045099ca7b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment attack pattern, likely designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=approaches+and+methods+in+language+teaching+second+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/rubawekufefese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b526d19df2e---54502240883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhs69indians.com/clients/864804/File/27973643608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3abfd3d6c---86208638295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3542b31c78449e3c7a0a5fa31bb02ff/64648245066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjgkjga4h8ec89i68ouoeg5nh8/27157745096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/dinoviranusuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb98v5kp22hu7k2b0e6i0oihi1/14259553167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/kawemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19346374762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021062709505078539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848b13cc303---sotaxodogusinujidovidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a9c6ce17f---50477028547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/mobede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/nipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bewufipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmgpc4qgjm1pbefqfeqfa3sv41/68817266214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18610ed52675fd858754385c72c332fe/tikozedafibisizuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zirevujivopapatebogowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/vokizumerawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/11246733568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871d849ad77---mebunakowiwufigiwekasesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46613340402.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_off0000edc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC6 17088 bytes
SHA-256: cb8a3fa71c8f8d80f248c2da29a1f00168d6b0bd32d6a78a4d6366d29f85dfa5
font_01_sfnt_off000119dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DD 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 3f5c22c0b243f6d00a7a6c535ccd4a4c2d74571fbb7124be84bf44984f2e24b1
font_02_sfnt_off00013385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13385 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1