Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4202b14cff0d42f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 07:11:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 17be050d4d6c64239d7d8d5f85e8d462 SHA-1: 53f87e02ce0df8bfc5c8b23f6ac243b4c462a687 SHA-256: a4202b14cff0d42f7c8d69d46a6adaa74cf8e5ef08e7875de92036e4f9885b28
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm characteristics suggests a tactic to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+fungi+are+passive-feeding+saprophytes.+group+of+answer+choices PDF link annotation
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6bd39d0d264d72eb1b547adb021e473/tinifekazexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj380p7vkd2cu6jh63g2jdgk3f/99998407208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f3d6303c3---buvure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/texixukoxufajekakukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210702210150_1036996448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/vanelofovokuwedidajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/rofixonusotopowiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/3799534496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/470f0801d4124ae151b87ed2c5bded12/visebidusuwivuxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/51227809069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/dajelarebobogugamugubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d8c0e8191---leduxokexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/dorekonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4792f2519e3b97f3ebba68f80a29e7f/lupegunexubodimovuxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f21b87b84c---remuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqb83n9030ttitdaf2udkke7gp/51240070543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/gumosigagiladileviguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2321a541a2---85791120133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ba8a23a12---babazeniko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/47820021338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomacanthe-art.fr/imagebeforeafter/files/duxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banerjeetourspecial.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wepufuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d69f1c7c5b---50081608977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de70c00fcd1364fe3b398dd0dc5a466e/62854860443.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_off00010b24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B24 16592 bytes
SHA-256: b5ebc1114894a9c1388c1345ad997fe34cc71e48816f3f888b7ce89e4a49bdd2
font_01_sfnt_off00013631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13631 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 4b4ad90d8533ecc2d1ebdad1499379db17c21b17bb211d2b7c674776b7037645
font_02_sfnt_off000150c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1