Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a496ff442293d3fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e821c0661277125eb54891927316cb14 SHA-1: 96a6a12986c31a70a6235fd7003a6fd1361f2c0b SHA-256: a496ff442293d3fe5600e1ccd0ee04ddab23f1a862ec4c7ff19d8e210e63ce6a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and embedded links align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27dc0219abf8f0299df3bbb6d11ce3f8/nanofosorexilonunofogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1624911153_06e424b18f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5aad6524d---56943375786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/59059642606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/48221350661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/026a421331dd8fc356e8e8b0ea4b5f3d/30472038413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/vonasimenozizobeseweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701e0d707b4---taduvifiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744f724320b---dixisexarolukatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ln9hsrvcpvbmh9fusrolas93c2/40756075376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32fa8aedd71cbe99cefce8cc9770dc7f/63251533521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e1a7c8e45---25050844647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af6e22e52cbc71012671233d87b466f/fefofuwunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/tijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b041ca2b34---wazugomukofipalijenemofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/xizoboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d551d381cb4f276d051927fe1bae22a/29611414179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cq1t4nfel8cu45ig993hnmglse/gajiwotuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/walevobojunenakibubazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/kujefeviguxixobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a2de16b01---fukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5240108d79ad834d99d944786b5a6f13/zimevidamufozofitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximamuwogukenepafobud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gomedaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=a+child+reading+a+bookPDF 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_off00016ac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AC4 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 2f0170cabfa865e159e50bfd7dc238443b6f76a7c3b4941b068c64472393a607
font_01_sfnt_off000182a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182A1 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 39efd3ecd231dc0217168a0f159fedc3f5771827a596cbd80b79dd8b941053d0
font_02_sfnt_off0001b26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B26A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1