Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4758c1aaadfe31a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

171.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c15d17c6f6da1b441b0ec9224a50e166 SHA-1: 4512cb82584064f98753e35fb70e1a5862dec86d SHA-256: b4758c1aaadfe31a3bd578a56c425bb80c0a33c2f6904c1fae4c0f8504a7caea
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://naucseto.cz/storage/86257922164.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db39f6265c---37824630756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b47fa617d---6911501084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d6d80dcb7---64042738834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quincy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sobaxupemabekagoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl0dsmtcifmeemaipog9bsltg3/mokifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966bd390a3f---89904654218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/liladidubidodivujinegeriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb9dm17lmbvp21sq2818fvvqhn/turad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/70093799890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/lipidesifogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltprof.ru/userfiles/file/gikugabamasepotatamogenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75.com/clients/46937/File/24207338221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/betoxoxemipuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021082601310581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a95b0b7efb---60683805204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/bugosimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/18453394996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c37ada2654fa9acc8c7d36fe609527/gowogetiteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/vibixudasixovoziminit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f5c8391d6---tarowanupifevamixunevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/bujubonimikuwawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dk+illustrated+oxford+dictionary+2012+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://www.unimedbelem.com.br/painel_template/assets/global/plugins/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/80820757479.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_off00022d85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22D85 23628 bytes
SHA-256: d6288a228d3ba6b3ccdd7eddc3ccdb5461d3f1fb689062a67ba5fc3ea5569da6
font_01_sfnt_off00026977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26977 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002818e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2818E 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 68840957171d73e7ef5a4189afe1f5ebf14ff04f20999d043732c8a4ae5ae03d