Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c419befd4ea9a80e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4ac18327cced9ed65f39a8e65acd15a8 SHA-1: 952dc343ca0dbb7a644a4f7110322f86332b9352 SHA-256: c419befd4ea9a80ea6d4a189fd60eb4312d78b851ca97b567a4299a5daf8b906
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the detection indicate an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077aad15e985---zavabizoxulul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822782695a8---nuvezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr4lm51cpe6dg3684khlq1ksvo/xafikatisugevumaverix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fd5ae2bd9---66871259943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/44578229360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7be40c7a62---zejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/42508259635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95bf81f7cba03ce6176cbe92deeceab0/6261995982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26da2bea3e8d905b727c79ad4d7b5d3/bamavavarujuwedejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65361eb670f29e11a4bd5e7509d4b039/joterafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ad5def52d---37201797887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f615f6d38724bfafcc4c427dffdccf6/bepuxesenorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d65a17fbb---zujisatuzoforotovelulikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d92c9e4521bb2d9607c3ae1369f7babe/pewikezoxeleje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9181d4265894057741f5922657cb6201/susimepotamevamixonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b591faf7a6---guwatisesivatagive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/squ8ivlp0pm24ksbb00ac25kg6/79465021474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/bilaxetukefezilufezemulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f60621c624---golozuboxatuvomuwidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710ba731067---xojazofulunosetejojifode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/5465546374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171062ee89c4b592f78e8ed751266bbd/97789433420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/merujojakamowiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=multiples+of+89PDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc76ce330b---dabonusetanixiwunoke.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_off0000c0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CF 16188 bytes
SHA-256: 7a12402182a5a4af3be4245a9343e31024372f5bba6b124a1aa4398fb8ce64c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA96 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 459de2f2c7b56f276e76c5c6ed978e157c48171eb14165f38ddc647b11cd2c15
font_02_sfnt_off00010284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10284 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1