Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c3660130b382a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:13:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86883d422569ee7745372303e63c1073 SHA-1: a8ea8d7ac178d300aa6f6d6e5175efab22f2cdff SHA-256: f4c3660130b382a92a766f5bf140a27d6b8c454cc5e81168c0ed236de9718433
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings strongly indicates a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful destinations.

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://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d563bc7de9689341dbae4015d02bc8e0/wigenunowipiwozibusefax.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjqsr51hfrbmkde6pcifhrg540/30976737513.pdf
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziperadalazenovuzagif.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ca24df82e---rafiz.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3586c5bf9d505371f1609b7e2ddec121/19804898869.pdf
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/fogogupekuzosev.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb80ba8c63---lugurobefulusavetif.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/xonirudipomasanip.pdf
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/jufepobipogudexojerozalef.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nbufsl3gs80nm43v38ur5nu4i/14787839004.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3495bad3c5---visifexagerujugibofew.pdf
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.comuserfiles/file/xumopiwupafexope.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129otoigona19qahs0c2jtf786/39235034212.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c39ab5d1d416adf55049e221b03813f/21064422845.pdf
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/penojumozatenujos.pdf
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210609045532.pdf
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/36892383686.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a3d070c6d912eaf196e20d947f13f9/40579205784.pdf
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/89610819074.pdf
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/sixutaselesugekafolawosot.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa11de41f9---9499516504.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ed28125f34e70e4957fd4730a76016/50705715815.pdf
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnqv5qe9ccmop7so0m216lkbvs/70655729038.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba339ecea88---jodozavumakalufubumak.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c9d0e3b36---72907685655.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ark+survival+evolved+how+to+ride+a+dinosaur
    • 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
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbb4.bin
e7c5158b2b896201fa9581f8adb88b74a6846a21e7fd30d4cde7b4401e835d91
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB4 10672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001142d.bin
dc70ecd0f318fe38593823458480801005a83140abdd88bcdb31bef92d080af6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142D 18604 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000144f4.bin
47701b8b47c77a0cf28aefe4b4308fedd425eff3654fefb6465933fee19e5195
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144F4 16288 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015abd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ABD 16792 bytes