Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4285208b8c54f4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:19:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 10282e10b3ac613ae3eee95d67cfe87f SHA-1: 92f9b212b96318f8e0b84cf2033489b57ba6349d SHA-256: d4285208b8c54f4c258827ab929d6418cbfd1f1134cd638b44fb247feedcf6f4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains multiple links to compromised websites, specifically targeting WordPress installations for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to serve a secondary payload. The presence of numerous links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/212a202db9cebc704d6a1af81ae635c2/momalitivi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd59599d56a---simojapobunutevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793226c41be---50697542632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d352d345a---26619726680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/fomeberoderanum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077385e4f4c2---vovuzetalojowejima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080caca8bce0---12017122991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed2e82b7071fdf38936755742e4c4090/jixakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5r4dvqgmf34duib5ep1p0bam5/lurabidetetigezave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607393b6a578e---43553991314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0e371d8a5---zoginesoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/8100645989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/lamixubepegejugatububo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b041113b1f0---sinirexataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/burivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9a089530f5909a04083ebba886b2ba3/sevebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e356e1b3e---39834291375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/87259927840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/82848938924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dba46acf28---fepabibizogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pickwickian+syndrome+icd+10PDF 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_off0000e4c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDF 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 1dbfab4fc6b468dbca8082271c1853234a9e13c0c784ae8935016eb69904a475
font_02_sfnt_off00011611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11611 18400 bytes
SHA-256: fab48e6aea3bfa392b848cbdc309b037ac4e4638bd562bf10f342da0bb7d6c06