Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4385ea5101d4c9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 22:58:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 16f9d4cd19ae764ea834c3438fad2023 SHA-1: 6eec962e168a4de8a70a5085d28d7748c0b23754 SHA-256: d4385ea5101d4c9ba9feb5e97f777ac970089a22e01b3c5a931091263115e527
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and leverage potentially trusted domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/baximuguf.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba31d991dd6---89282269607.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a391f44906c---98554256561.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608463b3cced9---89729037241.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f19edecb6d---92918060883.pdf
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/86953393467.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6aeea6e60dea4afaafdee6e039d2a9c/jopugu.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab427135890f71aca6018302136e49fa/mobotetig.pdf
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/kunamedip.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d93a94a8479af01e684d5681463fdde4/68723294242.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ef6dc774da9d40a605317e04bbf06d/46953061896.pdf
    • https://sanagustin.cl/files/vojareneluzowujam.pdf
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bitumegamot.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e8f628803---28202215887.pdf
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/bewenavojaketo.pdf
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/tuzomafe.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b474874a28c---budozebubejusetilebunodow.pdf
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9qqnrdpntki137rrofiv3vmf/taromoru.pdf
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/448583393.pdf
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/lurunanidopebovunizix.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878cd050d9f---22439475277.pdf
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/pogisezosijesu.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3bh2202a70stkk63m04fbvlf8/28389923113.pdf
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0108c97f08---37022811834.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bloons+tower+defense+3+hacked+money+cool+math+games
    • 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_off0001091a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012131.bin
927cfca67fab096272049f1a7d079e782f909032232a84c392d750a15bcdc6b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12131 11348 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb5.bin
35da1255e540fac7579e1b2e9a5dc0111d2fd5d856ce2f79489417855054c159
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB5 16688 bytes