Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4ed3339634c27cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86ba4af06763fdeeaf2d5ed2d1d60927 SHA-1: 184174f1606b5dc5f9845dad8b426b0d05f5d3aa SHA-256: a4ed3339634c27cd1d55bb62f182a652b5e06809adc640822208ab0cfe1d3890
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or phishing content. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceded96nj1sdcp98b2fv77d6uv/82435259630.pdf
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/kekexomojatefigirag.pdf
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/muvuvibibipukumides.pdf
    • http://sxcec.org/userfiles/file/98682527752.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31a1917796---megavabu.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1d25ed75f31575976dd77079768411/jebibisexewozarus.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqpls9mrjp9o1109j61aqv0s6a/14667436587.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f80b6ea045---88634915103.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/64253615186.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d61627c05335ef9abeda091293d315/xexizix.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5874b8bb5---vuxojonapixebopag.pdf
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/83577754597.pdf
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/pogufiv.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3dabc9cc0e---mabugo.pdf
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/76843317219.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f400399d3510e24458a4d3ae98583a87/wenesoxevuposujupokomenen.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/10694284788.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/31921863736.pdf
    • http://lebo1977.com/clients/7/7f/7f96701a3ad848a090446b6ea7dc17b1/File/zobuvinus.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73ef80be8b---73727244611.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b7cb0a5ce---vamuxixitovuta.pdf
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgqh5i4f62uc4ak3e8fcimihe5/pipisatutulugexotorisin.pdf
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8b0251289---18623669399.pdf
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/zamomidovepapo.pdf
    • https://vyrukrc.lt/userfiles/file/subejikolenukan.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+fancy+dress+outfits
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d20d.bin
d44385a7dc4af2a08b44ec14e47b8af1ad7f8c4a1698af6b4b4cc0d457e5be4e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD20D 10940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb51.bin
82d9590abb7e49c1c23b0f7f497cfa3ee19ecbb67dc38e31f3f965cbddd9eca6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB51 16708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001171f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171F 16792 bytes