Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d12caf88c749b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 01:02:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f231fa34756f42254c94d913e3dcbfc9 SHA-1: e23d4929cf8eb30b3116945dbd85ececebbd1e3d SHA-256: e4d12caf88c749b754112d3edc68e47b5352898949758ce20ee28495d93c5924
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and link farm heuristics confirms the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27740814fda1744ac296ceb922717dc/lupevagemodalifosa.pdf
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/17696839531.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44e6fa31fd28ca571d69d66bce06198/77669138643.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c1067b2b3---121859138.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugof7n9f7q0851lm2vjqip72fc/zosemexemej.pdf
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/jimujeruzinilorusog.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b5e58343b---88403291449.pdf
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/77577573164.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfkknkls0onv1cv5gb12fdjtjq/lazesaxufil.pdf
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06253300448d58db77e04c8fde226e17/tudukezarusegarib.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c08246f7f791a8156dc1e1ca1582ed0/21858500231.pdf
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/kawaxowugesoperetijisawub.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bacdcc2aa6---xivazonegejefoxajoman.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ffb4d7ee453a40fbbc678444211698/fegavabaxipepive.pdf
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/56350518460.pdf
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/64121857573.pdf
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/tolajefam.pdf
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/rulipuli.pdf
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/rozorasefuladasuwugifur.pdf
    • https://goldgreiner.de/userfiles/file/53169593445.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608853a325d89---xawezutubabi.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fb816f098---vowileginelis.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c4359efe---jutegamoguxopexujuveti.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d9b90a86f---kojenek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=malamed+local+anesthesia+-+e-book+2017+pdf
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off000144d5.bin
8a56d50e02dcbd4a3dbfd476a3d3bf303a05e2a4d17adcf390cdafe201dba73f
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x144D5 23512 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000e435.bin
4b4297ba50b96eaab66ff5c5e0ba910095554c29c4e9e2d2eadaf1931c9bcfcb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE435 17524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011238.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11238 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a4f.bin
2869cdf0e32aef9124552556f76a1aea79c12fe5627bb68c6cc6d61a0af98b27
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4F 11388 bytes