Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4763540a5c113aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 20:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 30f4253e8d8fb4e290cc830b1e87a8c6 SHA-1: fb71af45c2763f7e7778dd32172df2122cc7e996 SHA-256: d4763540a5c113aa8e33ea63af21694a21c033d5809184a58978b1cb9d3460cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, redirecting users through a link farm to potentially malicious content or further stages of an attack. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b81705dd42---22014614218.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/sugopumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1b25ddd3faf8ea37fa15be29f32946/3324823011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1529be292779e62de6a577309120139f/99792732921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/maxalinemebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcae3d728a---tikogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://recapress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vukaketepumupipuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dc4dc92fe027cf00885556dd908ca7d/gajekike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/95137388805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/fasiguzavoxavisanugisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2db9e71d4---32566349333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42241355b9---48861629478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1df81b80e---55788962775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acec519610---67411547812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/89631231619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/natigonubodowilulagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/87909157603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/sibaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamericapageant.com/clients/873634/File/dutopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210607_46665373B9A68AF6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafebijimotibixuwafejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608536c442450---bibodubajutesuroxisafabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31387a8442---57438159586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9736588bb3bdec5b7559636704c82875/tajasukinejawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd82r0uc8ajsasjh77egrgqds4/sepufekonasaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=easy+recipes+to+cook+on+holidayPDF 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_off0000fa4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4C 16796 bytes
SHA-256: 9595deec22c722976820d04870ff28db264c29296fa136a58b5855011adef503
font_01_sfnt_off000125d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEE 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 3bd20baa7b6466795d35c4fe4e23fff4a886e6b40f42c72ca129bd8fe9c33f2c