Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4cc4c4b4d7e75e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:36:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4b6d145f3b43a40e2216ef45ece56b7c SHA-1: 7c14e4431fe4069366a4aa24a9d343b71e8f42e8 SHA-256: d4cc4c4b4d7e75e3561607c6f14c4a8099b035ee4d127af0170e55df645987fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests an attempt to trick users into clicking these links, which likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4beb166e772e6dbd0abdd9acb65b6d6/81611131083.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/23566917408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/5553357021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc03798704---xafuwojironujirawavura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67eb9b6791---40221115669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roguxezuwuriwuwufope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/joxaxowexoleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67536121ba1638799fb7cdf53df87375/sazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/sizasexibiguvipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc708fd22d22c8a43950b87f8c4a1eb1/wezuduwuxesimaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3244657f09502b3dcb236b0fd8a22a/kubenasomemufupetog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b4f0bbfd4dae94a67ca6f96081b092c/5221942134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/21423200834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061709595580554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/power.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjbl6a6fhl9kbcpdqske9ghs76/45569311098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a415b24a67f---2234111362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/vusupeleninitipepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4335d6bb0---71210134831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s338sdamk8cp40526rbu47j6f2/jagajuzidixuweboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqmpvd7ploh1nruam7hppaosk4/66676658707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/wisorusalanurukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2g5vqvf2smktaq7c73p96r256/19657781706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+idle+games+on+pcPDF 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_off0000f6f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F4 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 23105209a3431af915609fa9fc2ec8c1b20a0c0c806114631bd8bcb4802003d1
font_01_sfnt_off000123d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D7 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 1377997afdb8db5f510bb5ca5f8400b46e789a42502f724720a3f9c23092c062
font_02_sfnt_off00013c91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1