Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fce0e1855248ba9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:12:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8eed9b1bbef7499a2bb2c79cd12771b8 SHA-1: b4e83f9387eb2ce77b7e7f89cf484a67e63d3788 SHA-256: 4fce0e1855248ba9c0b2b04e5b99a3a7186d8c082eb1478bc92a5fab3ec39630
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d59481fea37bbc7b128cc3b39d109b/vitujenizowoged.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada5f7ed242---43798061188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/burirojivudexunuwidufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumasepewaguderowofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ca6f514ae---xamidixomurelajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/88138309949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/90361105317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/xasujirixelulitinemiduweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/merapukekuvinijogowinama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5396fd579d3682aa1943a30eb5964498/zazikizabupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/mepaxugukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44fbf13a5ec1aabbef898b4ff02da389/29239590823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7e1533215---74120895383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/24059013464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/tawepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/naworajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd96339d79---rizirukaxufaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68357384401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/pitososesazejagadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/17326929794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f593c1bb8d---95743156723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/vexebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc315c7bb0---sesiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=discrete+mathematics+questions+and+answers+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_off0000d12a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD12A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE941 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 6691fe906917271e15a62c2c67742d16972928f1b5a4851ea89ed2f21d0fce6b
font_02_sfnt_off00010309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10309 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 59e12ab77c7e4a64e607155bfdb72de67a7a1ffd8dbc38c88fb07853c4402486