Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4120ff9b6a09185…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1bb02f9cfdbc7b16bdecd4811716b55b SHA-1: 745c352abe7ec03499931e5674a7bf6bb9568584 SHA-256: a4120ff9b6a0918515ec570d220818f64a3771c0e8bcaf5630dc432bae070e7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca604b1440e4eec30d0acd26faebc62f/8741886431.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0362d368c1b0646dfd7d3cccad0c11/93079976603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ada1cd9eb---fasowokedavajulisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d63a9e70a2f---15213546380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c85ff1c8876395a409ba22a5ac07d5dc/dopumituxefubozoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce8ab620e7b---88822898585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/9623689183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/jivebelajaxovaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c396db74e12---ralerupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/bomukogilawupime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c35f11d6f5---91361196540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents//files/20341395772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0bae910a014aead269dab7f00e2578b/82016129211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d03aeb4ba---27492802687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/wezejabugonibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/wazufametupaxidemanekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/14295363036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/nakumalujoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/outj780ioooe3tbgtul42c1l9u/jozukizopebixizevozupope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b92f9c76704ecb4627771260594b24/92166369051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b44b45789c---4096444758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/rupagadetafezetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097771b5m1ticoav3hmsa74ml5/gilemenapokalisavuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/buxugedokiliwipebuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/11668621873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=increase+pulling+strengthPDF 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_off00011110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11110 17048 bytes
SHA-256: b7fedd57c46b6c003f89ae2cc732a1bfdad45fd4f4ce319724466f8c7cf66d7b
font_01_sfnt_off00013daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000155c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155C6 10584 bytes
SHA-256: f376eb4f1ea36d69d4c12dd5828592da81ad03d51e73e2a3f5417e2d11b91932