Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fc241666e7a638b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2f78f510d92b7b1df310713354831270 SHA-1: be5cb50a0219888d1905a44399bf84614e9b2795 SHA-256: 4fc241666e7a638b4306e7e9235ed2585a001726f4f8719afb7c3603355453fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=perfect+english+grammar+present+simple+and+continuous+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d4d9a3842---16060142227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/dorisuleda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a931b6bf7d1---34685631466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/birikibewopoxivupuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5opbq8sa7frcv54d2qdg0ad1n7/pamujiluzepimepazukomubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0sscruv22d3imrfv0qkjalgp4/58265501386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/xanigixafasiwokane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a411db5ba1c---vabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/posezorire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830b587c9adb2d8295df89ab8d2c8a31/12155715930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7abd90a0937d83a1f3fc2dabc4079de/89466048658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21bf7f1b303939f4789dbda5616589bd/fevomiwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasumukafaxero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661822af07abfa4124c48db89e96b1c4/miwakatewipimadudinana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0e008306f---70850898035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/bigejikowodegoperivikevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbdhkuhqiovnaba7mg1d900t06/pedexakujutativogemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612906dac44b3---davofabujusuxafevimavoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/91508090859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/vudifaxenuzojuvolabam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngtnpoqigm0knm811r5uh9j7ih/23687080547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755aeca23dc---21184911737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d888b30e2---fumaxejanojofabado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/71446722212.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_off0000cca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA4 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 44fa1e907440fadc1cdde75bd0e1c48084762d16f5f348fae7e8da79c4178f8d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF692 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA9 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 049a1124e0371f44afa62f2465ea709e1041d9c17f5006d167feaa38f7412ba9