Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4bf8a282bc410fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 09:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 85cff59313c46859d61028a3ef05b263 SHA-1: 94f2617a222b7f0880cae6f0187450bbaeacf432 SHA-256: a4bf8a282bc410fc9356de1f5f00fc457f263c1d6219f08f891974e66555f154
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload storage suggests an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/mosujud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccdc5c47750---deperojeritetilimazowisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/luperazigifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9728237815---47676955727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/60164431857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960dcf1c19c---17819707282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608785a30fc25---3069081346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/99233505914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/25041878763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c9c9b2eb024ad2d5b61342e747eed9/81612012432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a14c7f16da9886d59851e44054614c3d/63652306741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/93180382174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be16fec5933---76023588384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/bemebodogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5afb1c13b7bef1f92528170dfa41a8/11114565551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f3d2bf360c09c59786446b4eca7e693/saperixikawowekaxovipasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/dulapitopilelakuvutevima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/99081305138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/danikifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/62879886980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/sovuligujiwexuwezora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/mofovomus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=never+let+me+go+chapter+3+summaryPDF 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_off00011bfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFB 11052 bytes
SHA-256: bd008ea9473d9f8b3079e58a993af219068797628744cc8da205e13743e6a751
font_01_sfnt_off000135db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DB 17064 bytes
SHA-256: ca8b4455ada630a76084e0d57ebfe2b0657395211a6874a75503402927ef2f2c
font_02_sfnt_off0001623d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1623D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1