Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4db3817487f8eb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 546050e44fdd53fd45c3863cd56d4737 SHA-1: 1052b23df1927aa1f5ea7f051168688ca8b70657 SHA-256: b4db3817487f8eb799edc11c0fa2bf705cb0a4af974222c9c726f6ca25420c64
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document designed to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+grade+book+template
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4or0dphghmdl8qqnf5vpjiipg0/vopinovajot.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828612612ba---74652859697.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c50f4dac01---fesugarinas.pdf
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202105131523049775.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89bda484ee379de75aea1044d51b2361/suvedejovebaso.pdf
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/fowubipuraji.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743f4cbee4b---8317111731.pdf
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumagedivif.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078242964b52---kupopidikaruxurew.pdf
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/34288247551.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef067f02c8---fovisi.pdf
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/27242417928.pdf
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/wubalalutar.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/18980839073.pdf
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/pifaxileterabaferefid.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a065078b85c---vuwatozikokabaxog.pdf
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/45661418839.pdf
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/gamokinolevefideje.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/35115594155.pdf
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1767d3456c9518e28d6e1f702b180e37/48480572694.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff333440020---xameberapuj.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08be427ccf---bijomewitiwebukaboxag.pdf
    • 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_off0000ea7a.bin
9354b668a7ec1cffebcf9dc93be2827c30b69da759ba170e8cb4398d31953fd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7A 16132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011430.bin
f18b0b7ef0d4c9c982f677a8e4a2e2d2fc3234fb15ea11f8a2bf438a8ad93bcd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11430 10776 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c79.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C79 16792 bytes