Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f6efe30a0a8fbcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 14:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 431a19868d0647eca1804db0aab885e9 SHA-1: f6d252187cfa21a6d76941babb0d25b8f1e09395 SHA-256: 4f6efe30a0a8fbcde59bf7fb51821e5efa06e8f8517baa26b9dea6499d7d11d4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics fired, pointing to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to various compromised CMS upload locations and disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biologia+de+curtis+7+edicion+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a72c9f7eb048d1fd94aaeb9a57682c9/wupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/nilaxusedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d93e2fc42---kirudigidoforipozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69d351304e---27804298809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokivotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexilidexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077022fc11f5---75308811076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/48824889999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af982e984fcfd5e7688daa8b4b052865/lepalabemazegapimebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/57770394027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f55cd575e01---dexofijugowitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/wexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e525e9793---55055260790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/74270729055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92380548141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52b5a2aa938cf9c7ae8197fb58e8aacd/87075202464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68a5b3d6a5---26343128208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c8o9496m2p58kigp5sj9d71c9/85425647974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/25157922997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moda-minulosti.cz/docs/momin/file/musakinivesakuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/22823199603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876190e2a39---bixaluvufax.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98877860711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqjbjv6ngbuivs7q8lbm3lh8pn/19104778317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e502cd9b4e3---47311133870.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_off0000d29c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD29C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAE 16784 bytes
SHA-256: c0388842710e6d72f27ab99902838fa971da4053b3c1d2adbaa7fb07da0fb75d
font_02_sfnt_off00011502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11502 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 35a4833da08ce95963888b42ed54b1abfb50ced43f672b183866699e3f49c3d6