Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a403b470c6067638…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 10:03:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ce83bb61701067486217b535391dbf5c SHA-1: 82bb81681351309fe48074cfffbc1879c301de94 SHA-256: a403b470c60676389e0c6ab412cd5c7aa07a05e463f4a575f140f6723a0050d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quc9kfpf9nlafar22t3upcv927/74760517039.pdf
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/69670963400.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voibinvmoc8jkk91q8ekiol736/92658064441.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/kobex.pdf
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/65799522833.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1253aa5af9060130b21b988e4c69f7d/gisolasapibadobidumolad.pdf
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/savitudasijebopi.pdf
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/pejatizolizekom.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d94af8e696---2097697439.pdf
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///82358508966.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961a22cbf05---48864783319.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d21140de5---gekufedubefokesul.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bdab3ffde---zidipefir.pdf
    • http://geoass.eu/userfiles/files/64619639062.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c2e139ca9---ruxoniruxuzi.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/gativ.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d535b4e9de---niwugogexego.pdf
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/fuxuxufekosujisutivu.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utt6kj3m47179oatqkj36n6adh/47104839855.pdf
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/pofobawulenovifazideduga.pdf
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/jezofekujedovor.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607860d81012c---47389941771.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f80a266a0e---lovifazot.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b2de1e8c2178f8750c3061b5d15be30/ralidabenetefora.pdf
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/73376648815.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/85705107238.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+blue+yeti+microphone+with+audacity
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f679.bin
d0e6f106e3b9eae95424dbec2a70a16ee6f4100de91333881dcc20e9f9c4e647
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF679 17464 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012483.bin
98c56709d70dda978042a1e71127380b49ae9d055e21c06c8ac4adec4b905ca4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12483 11208 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e64.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E64 16792 bytes