Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4d2b3aec228d983…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-13 13:45:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 51e63ccad198f88ccd25afbd6699cc96 SHA-1: c33dccef64a0a4c5449599d162174549039fea69 SHA-256: b4d2b3aec228d98302c0ac6bc0a1db02235243a3f186a63079e8f16aeb48bc25
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish or deliver further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to external, potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us0lh5jd08ph6i1mi8rqaa6e6f/62798510724.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872b48bb8f5---rivipekigawufotemurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7552344edb---58186740724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/18513451512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a67068dc7---31469593541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5c9bdb7a1---61438762977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e033bfcaa318fcf04e3cd4cd92b365/pubozopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62481651365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/87947903480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac15af49e3e---relogijimibipusatupukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/46021172348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46002f2919417780de7c674857b89c91/binuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1453fe5952---radarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/ginirikumulupenokenawaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1a5ec9db2---pikumavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/271557467397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/sebitejijudutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6edf99158b---85881658888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2evudpcta1v1mbdldqdvhaqa9l/34671506951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/juepnknibhj8nbjhl8v7mgd317/37196060641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/88893804614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c11b72569c---15832953696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///titawepitakafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/58948070385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=dogar+books+for+ppsc+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B4 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 99a8f02732d92d9dd715fe9094a92c8daee4ab06e9f76070d1f65878c3d0b163
font_01_sfnt_off00010872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10872 19872 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9e1cd246ffffb842fd7d5b9f96958cb60cabe97e5db200dc42f72dcdb1950c
font_02_sfnt_off00012925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12925 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14137 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 670380ad0d0910e9b076c57829804c78503a0bf4881d427bb66a77f640bf4103