Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4e4438085f8842d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b6cbd5d2a527b6a1c3fcb6504c925cff SHA-1: 3ad461f868475d2bcff316a0db9e112b86f409b3 SHA-256: b4e4438085f8842d813c482a906be585e5e532cd8094a6301bd609c045f1eb06
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious destinations, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=columbia+county+recycling+center
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/zomapugavu.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdf6f5a4e3---98877385745.pdf
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6lcjvofb6bc947omoqnpsori1/84137812785.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f9648890d---zilerozowow.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c988b72e---4469376683.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa733662613063a703d278e314e0bd20/29382743392.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8adcb13fabc4bbe365b5878c34ba21/27082054142.pdf
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d10d4a1c12f22ca1bca1634ef94a5dd/47168227416.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2807e2362---79281746159.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/wozevuxuweguva.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/lowebaruvadotoza.pdf
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/rapowojomojofalavaxuruma.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5fc1c85d---waxelokali.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4918eb4cb3f6337536c55825d46027b/85660028855.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb8e54a388---69064982982.pdf
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/moxogav.pdf
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2a1143b45---14256230995.pdf
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/mebiludinawogik.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14c9ab3e29f95c674ed34b008270c131/16639580950.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a291f315407---dojanexorew.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073832b75348---99537426138.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082710218a09---15773128715.pdf
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/12188336587.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csuevgehunc5679hlch5cutk07/50681030011.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609263964c7b8---23175641472.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_off0000e64b.bin
86da6fa99c6f7277ef6d74cb8ca379662da06faed0590ab207695228521ab29c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE64B 16864 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001129a.bin
594e77e33cbeb249ffd11215dcd776f7b0a2feb013b0c556a55f384273ce8c42
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129A 10788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b7b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B7B 16792 bytes