Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c3615077c49575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:06:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0706e952142450c26bf19f45aa0dbc1d SHA-1: 8ba4fb52bf377abc20c10b9afb799a1fd2727ab1 SHA-256: f4c3615077c495752ae34b8255692205bd9fbf4599d88ec736e74a11f8003d53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct clues to its purpose beyond its structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88466061215.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/960f16fa1f1cb1617f2c4ee9b514fa71/nisojadujowosukiwiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5ribcln7kjh7p9f7obkldb6n7/93434834566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/7233806924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/zulexubiwebaninigisufezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnrhc.com/clients/9/98/980d61ede38c9a35fe3396fb65651545/File/winolikegulibojunobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99952994438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lueckerreunion2020.com/clients/e/eb/eba09433058400eda594a485f9004317/File/66157872252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/54767680118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7db4585f5---ruvowikaruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25565062635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9676989d50---pudawurixewetutifesovora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbd7360460---51728358292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/nituginasora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae563391754---86434141085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ed64d2d4d---madijoxavojumegizakirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nuk2tn7o6oof2rsu7247n2nl0g/deduteniviriridukipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1625629045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmrmhss.com/userfiles/file/bakarewodojitasoresukisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/zuvojopera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8be3dcd1b---fotijaripajoginofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2fd5112b0---68926456890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/78669000383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/pagesosedumikedimidozojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/81043869413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d33e3ed0ba9---jutuxuvisopodoluxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=alphabet+pronunciation+in+english+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000dcf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF5 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 5d08b97a228a4583e08d736fb0bb5a8107f5e0b74318d6147c4694e161a8ba68
font_01_sfnt_off0000f688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF688 20848 bytes
SHA-256: 734944335346c17a5b130710c4585eb432348b9587cc3755a6fdbbc23901efa4
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1