Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c0935fbe0a3b5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:05:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 75ed0288c87e0fddf85680575e5492b0 SHA-1: a8a35fe8197bded786269abcb0064226c382e30c SHA-256: c4c0935fbe0a3b5e45efed239d749804bb9aa74bffcc2011ba5af9bad8b6d7ea
156 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 high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc8c5b78fb---pebibebuxerupumexovofuxad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/nodabevali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978348e86cb---sopebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uh7ht1d17ehrhq1qft5du8bthp/pepurevogugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf2e74995f92340e67194011d9763f3/joxadisigeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyibnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/fasexipozidarumuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lo5qo1as570bs24bf1c4lr94qg/musegigerebipipufeluwozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88570379919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/12349534820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_B92EC9A8E7232065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f3fd44a99---gageko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce1eb2e3b7---17132924575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1d5796b43dce9e5627da2b9e7e58b1/94798795290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/am7urv4gnvie4n9fea8ltbrasa/38534695749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/xojoxukesuluxulojixuduzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee3156b0ec0afa77d4d6e1d9b82ea171/35253099588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/705c9d7799d154c086d0aaf9e55ab44d/86390750510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/zobopepaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/50632767654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/20837842976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/fifemomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/fupejexesemuguxizijefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81903285e5---49751511313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/25962583418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c41a6b8163eb6fe8cc357883d4c9e52b/98438968985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41dc0c7d36f51aeb71cce295620d594b/23400375292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=effect+of+salary+on+employee+performance+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF319 16196 bytes
SHA-256: cdfc65ef663203de416dccd27412ecafd16dfb1fde548a9b2ea509df8120b91f
font_01_sfnt_off00011d16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001352d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352D 10784 bytes
SHA-256: b460081f937f6ce79800c0bdaafb297b334590c7ffba37e84cb5934883e6866e