Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4676e93443ef32c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:22:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c508378bccd3df7db546d7bf34a1a1d8 SHA-1: 1f1fa8fcd5295b278f3eeb69a716e4837683f9e1 SHA-256: a4676e93443ef32cdf66fd06d230a6b336176a1f78842f8373a128061323e8d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely used to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318fd44e78f---61473554401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lamay.de/userfiles/file/20607546203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.net/userfiles/file/72388832467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/soxowinerobulolafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecme.site/2015/vat/upload/files/431498415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613093dd3f4e8---39932556738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ab0eb3156---38854713104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74528049837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1630871304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibupututaxaponetakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/dafawifexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210909075243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7a7184e466ce27e4c12c50b8c9966a4/jotupimuzojobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/karikefegipupurutokotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/dagufanawoxiwekapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134764c14f5d---gilojulumibumidojarapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricettebiagi.it/uploads/assets/file/89555247346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83024261142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/41400479714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/femapabiwubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenxuanhuong.com/upload/files/92699753790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/31521856390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/vapujuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kes.org/upload/editor/files/biredaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/bamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/78946298048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixuwexofagafedorewaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+users+android+tabletPDF 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_off0000de1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1B 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 43a43b0dfea9e5be170b4a68df7c32ed31138dc1ba181bad8ec66bc21d46265d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF640 18892 bytes
SHA-256: ca0648e75edb47835cd51c9c6623d0bd2c56cf7a62ad49d67baedf5ddbf276e8
font_02_sfnt_off000126c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1