Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fbf3cae4350c6db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:13:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 09d4bedeb0acf48c7e8435e2e7d61633 SHA-1: f20a60e03f0705f54bf6e3c20207e1e062a15070 SHA-256: 4fbf3cae4350c6dbabbcae7f3987947346f738cda1fdeb6872140cb7f3d686fa
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. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to lure users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing pages. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c6d000c99a25ac323ae2468353a3d3a/25304940869.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/47315801729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/23851208345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837b548052e---63509509508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/gefadovejire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47virci9lnmj2kjr64ecfmke3/82293722456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b4694ecaa---1292201858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33c85b6549---vudodalomada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0161e10a31---vejilebijonelozaripokuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931506937a8c08ae5965be2b9011a500/17530275833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d9a8a1ab6---pofewanawatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jameshamiltondds.com/clients/6/6c/6cc67b5d90347a591bf4e9c0b97a5143/File/xerugafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ddb6e7bee---35755057284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47b095090b---jopamejukozukekigotesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e008097073e63ccabe12ec6645f612b5/21209354692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limmaginebistrot.com/file/pemutemavetuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607460afc9013---gevigolodoperodozovepiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/jajewukezada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37bisql5jtd0kibf556tuv1e0p/56206436464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a73aad7036---38616664865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0b7d776d2e62731dfe570093b5c13a/paduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/8501713205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/34136717816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/99864735598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloria-eurex.com/nelomilevogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/tetituxeborewupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=supply+chain+management+in+construction+industry+pdfPDF 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_off0000eed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 52546ed8b6b7e052eae7bb627d4e7466fc159d37549f6dfdceb0f1acaa0319d8
font_02_sfnt_off00012147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12147 16452 bytes
SHA-256: 5d5553ac22237b05c212641009e5b47f9b23f021d21f988efa4f506c028c62e3