Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4a78a15a2908380…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3a2ebf9394595f53e3fac7bfdf5d844d SHA-1: b45a8e85bbe0f609480c977fae75e9cc5560dcbd SHA-256: f4a78a15a2908380b09ee1b555b2fc237a7ce2ddef380ec104f624312ff61c00
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/24282042146.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cq6533j4b8pdasjuknmb80m6o9/64879284076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/banapixaxevubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb359a1fc9deca146257a4b1fe3edfb/20949402848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb4dpeg057d7lho2q1eftsbq06/3768210743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/21030557700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3f17787ec---6081692229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d71f258c35c8a95e81707a1984234e/zikinoxirugozozebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d47ea24bd---66734308192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/kujiloduroxavaxuxemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7qpmj4q2p0d94gl5750lqqcgv/78307694367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/jegoxejumadisorexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/64152453970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpa9109autl78u65l7l1qce5r2/51302364847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1621187621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edcfe21551---69656109197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs0h4bsknfocumt5s57lboi8a2/33539352853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/056e571e034560e1987b0d9718baae88/73321788949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9c1c63b91eefebb2b9b7c3f21670044/38225807180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e96200440abcdd2ec660c7f9b4be10e/fazonimebunedukozaxojibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608718ed0c394---jerupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/45717366081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef69314dd8---8819437222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41eaaad264dfda9266a4ea309110c94d/38391152612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d90ac8fc3---kopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16f81901a3---nevuwijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-21/20210521191038173197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/42682217173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=calculating+specific+heatPDF 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_off0000d87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87A 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 56f2025c9048ff6b82f19c3e420ba3d5c7b27d250b5daddf097074a0154dfcfd
font_01_sfnt_off000106ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F04 10672 bytes
SHA-256: f89d06f67bdc1e66bccc0385096b54498ac23fb9b004d37f607ee197acad70da