Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c4ed3ff11f04c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 22:32:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a0e1c09ed667d12bb201ea2b042e7624 SHA-1: f17059fcc3017248cc5b34a200c739dffef53540 SHA-256: f4c4ed3ff11f04c00b871536a6fe80add039935bf936ea53dc7cf9b009fa7752
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity, likely leading to a second-stage download or credential phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e0f872628---zifesu.pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f40dd2df0f---13171598428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ti485vsclsdf9nus9rlt5dka5/3698670994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gufokanelusofuboraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd0822b7261---fugololij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c9dd18a948bd67b5c7c3045350f45b/5527271003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2ecbeb795---pipafeligaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/gukararorijiweguxawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2javi92cf4dnj4459tm7f2p2v/11568726441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/24749505704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/numodojodadasoxobuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b1322fdde---kamiguladogigonevepunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/13011777556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021071600432670554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/1416916832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedazavejimigowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad3b9d87d4060755d1b56aa94416782/6870518008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/mazolitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/dazoporaveximopoxalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/xenufidanomiwebana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0743d1808d---pubapokegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfwdynasty.com/clients/f/fc/fc55782506b94f933057639757072b2a/File/1261721870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865eacb87e9713746b73ab63589d1b47/50746784425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=in+a+biotic+community+the+primary+consumer+arePDF 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_off00012625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12625 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 50faef64e34b6be12e8d4ff7e63cb69817f3fdd375050a90cedaf85195534816
font_01_sfnt_off00013f08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F08 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 620a7f160451ef1be96c2b1145047eb7d834be54395216b63ab8acbce9c631f1
font_02_sfnt_off000169e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1