Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4293e7d3bbc0c43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 06f61ed97118da1e65e6549ad96afda8 SHA-1: b296c54bfa6d9ce0464892e1d19e4cdcb409ddd5 SHA-256: a4293e7d3bbc0c4318a61881a076657316b62160f49d54df908d6d8091361228
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fff+and+fdm PDF link annotation
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0952d6bece---79035262822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/2812915037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/babupenetixomidop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/67014447231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/relidesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de3a0c169a6---belarenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/movunaroduwovobenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/kakebinosibojotutopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931dbc6fa84---tezowagajamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d845fa7d39---xavogixazivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd46d292d---1907386971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/619b3fc7dfb4a6641de306cbaf0df037/36926807755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd135d141a48aaca92a6ce96866ce1c/befodipana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900cfc47dab---gagatomawezadodakilofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yi-xiang-yuan.com/CKEdit/upload/files/96367606665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/67533480149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/liguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/botepodapakajoxodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jseji1ohvnbj2daenuah4rr09v/36523625157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ec7a8b0d2---1620718621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/37713961536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a482f470e4b---kawojewozususaxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebc5e2a872---kolulujupilovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/22569153807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/levixujirapetarasozir.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_off00015a37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A37 19176 bytes
SHA-256: 4261d7df1839662b7573331758a013d219b2c4af2e997684f4c97e0806688222
font_01_sfnt_off00018c83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C83 9736 bytes
SHA-256: aaf5f44f25a9a45dda3c99a035a78c219feb07ac0dc99182c3a82d50ff881d1b
font_02_sfnt_off0001a19a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A19A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1