Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f1c399bbc575dfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e1c37142902aa69c600bff27f607fa80 SHA-1: 9976974817f943b119a3a179d2726760be2317ee SHA-256: 4f1c399bbc575dfcf5a642c7ff8e8a1ac149eac9206f118eef8ec12c28b61d01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on WordPress upload storage. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content or downloads.

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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=revision+worksheets+for+kg1 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8edcdc8022eaf4928434c1be279d0501/punokivubirefeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uangraja.com/contents//files/wagozamiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/domep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d186c441d5c---rokudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/44790326053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://procogs.com/FCKeditor/file/86697152589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maginsaatmetal.com/resimlerfiles/turuwifuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/pezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/tujapamibulinejoxitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d07cb36754e763f2b266486f225e1a/laxomaparoxuwikowibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8647cf0c3a4393c629be5574709c0e/gujifapapobepefufobebumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/64040415273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/90875069683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/70875957274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c74cda0dbb---98927640022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallassymphonyleague.com/clients/1/14/14bb4a025281f1a32078cb68571f7cf3/File/92123649356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/nikevigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/62344891992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66643052359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwuvaragipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33f4d4ae931cd028bc5b2abbebcbd898/90973139938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a3a1dd0fa2286a9c7b6fddc603bc94/28851896204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/11632107287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a126400b77c---gojurubijudedebegekapiko.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_off0000ca80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA80 10624 bytes
SHA-256: b467d49c594fee6cca3b71bfe57b062524cc2db7c82744aa7bd99661eb54ec0e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000faf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF4 16212 bytes
SHA-256: 97239eb5e42c00828c2fd1ec78638fab2c9f6cc3f57ee1c21ee9f5f3f399b3ce