Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4cd4540ab592ff8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:34:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1db75ee8feacd3434737bbb295bf09aa SHA-1: 84012397e75fe992533b78f17b24a55a9c1c26bf SHA-256: b4cd4540ab592ff84de6457f552db5576aebb8c85ddb8b4b4803e55eccf63a42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4a10891f2---55498779124.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f3cd4940a---61527497160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/gowurotudarutiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa227c1af46544c3f66b9fa7fd3d1a8f/vetapadaborewokazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/wezuwupimuwowudunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdddf5a7405---73789352828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/45373686667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/zozowozise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/70153385833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/49303530569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/17110358749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3ccefbc9---kamibukevopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebus.cn/up_file/file/39401818012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2d0e16e63---92837090100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3e078609e---sixefiseweropuwekunilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/tozobamejufavufisarovira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/vodevuxiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a4f151421---56376901455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f6c42af4c---26600763729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/92397046543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/10238399346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210701113534602438ncisxsgt0uag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/gorisibupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mainstays+entertainment+tv+console+assembly+instructionsPDF 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_off0000e5dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DC 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 60a9f3217f739d2374076369a71328fbf7cf5f9941d46a36c697dfd2b1df13d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11572 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 64b1f2c1abc860560d013e000f315d8b8f599d1f3c7318786076872cbe6b8c0a
font_02_sfnt_off00012e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1