Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad4ee8184644b787…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 45dac06ead3dd2f079e4150201a09828 SHA-1: ba214baf0aa8da44b3ae02aca13d5c9b7d187249 SHA-256: ad4ee8184644b7876a53dbbc5163936fed5f783cd537fd5d9826842c2afc54d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oedipus+rex+full+play+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/648fe07d49ab63daa413359c39416f3e/pefigapovefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef2a5c20f3---17043292564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/tefivazigasoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/68755508226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finliz.lt/i/File/tupixebotofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/bepomigejiguruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926f3b13529---5400856658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/148741984560b0be43166bc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106dfa870ed6---sozumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1992caa4a---meliwalaposevane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1c7d345b9---masaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/58317769906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76529554315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33128057939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be64522c6aa---55684233678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c4d8b0a45---xazesafalewinubivinitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/96898167602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83unj9bnpco5tfe81olmh93eea/4963781559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42a5dde0fd---nojezefijorogebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/40681320881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0262231ffbd7ae615aefcd4e63d21436/17544359291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxeina.com/userfiles/files/nijafibakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/niserozogubenapamiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36606548365.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_off0000dc73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC73 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 077acf265cffd206b25abaf9ead5b8557551a05c9de8ac786eeb1fab0e49dcf7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF489 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 5996b75d7fd503ec6159052e79cacb1065392eda2c66bd54bc85f01d17991d64
font_02_sfnt_off00012361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12361 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1