Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c1140271ae0732…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:26:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4f94f3819d59007da7364ce84b962f31 SHA-1: 571f703b2a3b506f4c6148ed8a2e1edb01fe341b SHA-256: f4c1140271ae0732a826ab92156b014ddf6e4a9ca2dd23284fc3520b0744ef07
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or scamming attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087706ea778e---98890251875.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/86180521006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtwohndesign.ch/userfiles/files/zekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2254991755.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/fibibidoliwipexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://margheritango.it/userfiles/file/65452773978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8883da329---91591493241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202108/file/1629261498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/zizukizedazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e27e8af75c---70227835545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9227308148efa0b8114b999f3d0db420/66881716957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c39537b33---petinaxiwafuxoxigowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920137a4320---bewusomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/rimibanabajerogeridezofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/guxomasivefuraroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/ledilirovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addcfe22b68---sagiketiziko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/kunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0759198303bf3f216751a0d512d242c8/30291717073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720509a6f7f---31657742518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20998579767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalbafitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/devewagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hccc252.ca/clients/e/e4/e484b38507f190a955b66748903449e1/File/124460881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=shorthand+writing+alphabet+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_off0000ef08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001071f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1071F 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 39d6bd7ff278aa704047c72158bc98b33409b2c6c5d0f5283d5a23de1cf14962
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE9 18732 bytes
SHA-256: 0e2a98e2cd0bafc44c45d7eedcb2b595ffc7afe85b8a13beb50ce2663c810145