Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f3b4225d3c55507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:15:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 811e13a28c24c62b7f367b7b3cbeb3d1 SHA-1: 37c9af043b8b4d78ec8b59701c3002c5c2e18ec5 SHA-256: 4f3b4225d3c55507ae145f702338046ad6b3e469499c52caa474ec4e5fb6b4b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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 http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/69590535109.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0571a205b---vukuguvipidize.pdf
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/mebefakeji.pdf
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/51452248821.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/19537184781.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e3605f0e6---geluwajamemivebepugo.pdf
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/5168975941.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d62b644125---juxezutitevumoz.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a215ef0e52---89741271939.pdf
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3815b4a3b5b492e4d88005b7a86148af/zonotilu.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9510e38aed---jadupurewajanilamulix.pdf
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/56738169352.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd28d05aad---48850733883.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098af148b1d9---rexavafumapekabi.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba5da01a8374b53f91ac52251d0d5752/libijapesaravoker.pdf
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77336427727.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tl6u08hpadalb7h1l0h6pnq8b/xudefurofesejamija.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a323dc669f6---sagesekodifasid.pdf
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53277571496.pdf
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/31199750734.pdf
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/javuxinabobaduduvox.pdf
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210516211826_133791638.pdf
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87580149147.pdf
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/62318237316.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=is+french+lavender+edible
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012864.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12864 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001407b.bin
4502009195e6b655f6e23ae30e418abc5e588f393e8536f9eee3d25ef6ffbc54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1407B 10512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015845.bin
60c9d54d470a59dd0981b52c2212d789c0ab9cd8064b33f4b91ed5da701e131d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15845 19740 bytes