Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de4cf8a031758345…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 21:05:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 345fdf26512d362646a59b7f3e5955e1 SHA-1: 5dc3dc96ba4793a99da5cb745c3b2865dbeb1b22 SHA-256: de4cf8a031758345a3c0e3308a03ebc1c02195b6e6bb76a7f3e8943fbe5328bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to download files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the 'download button' heuristic further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a261e76d7---82722856302.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/bimivuxegaduwinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standrewsparishhighschoolclassof1964.com/clients/70428/File/mokopexarikijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ddddd38b1---4012201010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/pibemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58h7j4i66gvatu1p6jq6fjp6k0/70881724434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e0f46b5274---93980549390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/mefijiwegixafomidakebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/vegemirukopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79092429465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://procogs.com/FCKeditor/file/31062991997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5849b00081047cef8d68487e43c2d909/86534936176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xupotinopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/fedarotofekose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/26957246501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/67408173687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexekilabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj8kvhbqi71iarn8kkss3cqd3s/nigawudavova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfguatj334iq9pa9ldrr3etpj6/gurofifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0f4f79811cf5632e19c2739297a91b/85309194800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210606101147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60013112975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf81bc2a6c832f2056d1b20cf2389ecb/49590990103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet-ap.com/UserFiles/File/tavopejijusedigupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/jilobukusimababinekasise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f82783991db7a111d59559317653539/95218922518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=gk+questions+about+planetsPDF 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_off0000e394.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE394 10664 bytes
SHA-256: da5bdd4544c7bfb0d19de906aaa9a62ded1f616a8dd14cfba398a9b910892731
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEF 18232 bytes
SHA-256: a5ca1ea3f27e130c7d888f09d0031e6647f1703677ebe9a8be4f2cc135675ba1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1