Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4b70eebcbb51d32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4a770ef29fbe964d4c031e1df013053c SHA-1: 745ed947d2d662e51ee0ce54c2dd533680116b71 SHA-256: d4b70eebcbb51d328ce35df03585fd7ade483357ffeff1a1abd3d975d5d0628e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to phish or redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by PDF_JS, further indicates malicious intent, likely to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopowedafaxidagituj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/sokeborebepuniwelefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/95949348355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/56284244517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed5a3b0f4b---78718732438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607577e952737---23507793933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b88be1b5d3---xejoxefogiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jawoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f600e168d---solefoziwuwodunemikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/468286631e38102536bfeda94029dda5/23964931895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/28605347221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jefipibitabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b9da90d8b02cc97d6be5351b05df03/65857802588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6fe27985a4---befimuniguneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210507024719_2111489591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8e96a70c7---33305887928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f070c588fd---83717483828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/wazofalupojisovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/fapawuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/43140512983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b411e1aa083---sogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/wapako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/kuponemuzenisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=prevencion+definicion+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_off0000dd77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD77 18972 bytes
SHA-256: 9ddf46d75f0aa588cd462d24df60490af11fa0ff6d192d7acef3a0933e7bf074
font_01_sfnt_off00010dba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D1 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 740b641a163eb3a84f939c4c47cd9fff500d02de80fbff352a8c81d2ed4d2c07