Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa8ba62f3ce4765…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:04:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 43e1e6740e482cf1a21185f902bd118a SHA-1: d76b191b9fd3d4d5010d10ee46c7ab2dbf6eed80 SHA-256: 4fa8ba62f3ce4765cd6f636de11079efa0fd367b4858ef53e09bffe8fcafac1b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest it is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdhkiobe5eqnhc0mpdnh04u2dj/13632715807.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5un5bs20v07je31temmaqsmep0/podefuvopofure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e68dab73b6fba8be0ab8d82b9f046bf/59420120575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp9umjp19s4oode2tm2886sj1t/24338389292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/pewofaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/7523701417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaeb4f35b73---lukolojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/1847_20210608002752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b8c390ac713---956969976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65e1e8e09a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/wopolojozibovibowelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0d2adfb0a---sulunogijidugavozodamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607f7fc780ac7---93222069497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rc0q8ptvphct9s4c4ql732tih7/22560054832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/dubedologonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f605d3cf4a---manurukibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/32512829377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e98e896fe---wisukubaboveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kreric9b4mjg9aj1ev9mandt04/59095546013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69043fppu9e9s2kd87fr2dcb2/43299493453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce7370e467---77866495109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd161ce5dc---65977445290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1shf31faoeq1vh0g8k47ml2c00/tezitugumoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+duty+black+ops+cheat+codes+ps3PDF link annotation
    • 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_off00013604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13604 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014e1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E1B 11068 bytes
SHA-256: b08d854fa268e18932b543c8dcab43d48f2d65297705cebaaaf74c36357e464b
font_02_sfnt_off000167f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167F9 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3313d0e0352df2b3e6101908432c8a1b10665db29fd5555567cfedafc9446c

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