Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4d00d67cf85a115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 06:59:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3fadec5bd962368c50f8213c89fe3552 SHA-1: acd1d8589e11bae764a32dab8c4768f1d2a1e361 SHA-256: f4d00d67cf85a1154e7ef7588103f3021be1af386a357fe0c4ed17cf1a1c384a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting what appear to be malicious PDF files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of link farm heuristics and urgency lures further supports a phishing-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e4f3f2cf3---28641855261.pdf
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/41145592282.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j7nlkl287orccc8t7iqr9039q/jiginunexejo.pdf
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/85039732690.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7476d1f873---39722127374.pdf
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/bapex.pdf
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b45d16619---18526887756.pdf
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motuwoxusemi.pdf
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210620183208.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b3f71fec9d95a79dee695d8cb5eb4dc/fomuforewosazavonopez.pdf
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/kavax.pdf
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/78102118385.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/lujabumavaxaf.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu9kulcoqk3sb983e5ga6sr2c2/ruveb.pdf
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/lavafed.pdf
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/sazevepatebukeligazizis.pdf
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/59958290177.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf8afac7b78609f0280d61ffc8fea02b/87566556552.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd7ec0a015b79b26f40f7511744b3589/1799730130.pdf
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nccft9lv5rdavs63a1v53aust9/20537517702.pdf
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/zufeja.pdf
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/zofigijunedevufodejapuxus.pdf
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/vorudox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ugc+paper+1+previous+papers
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d155.bin
2c5c09e120b4fb1b9bbf8f932b21c275c5e6c7f21b02c75f4016f3a0ea8b495f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD155 10524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e984.bin
f0fc6aa50e358f62499f7b53a374f44996abd3920799d74de52535ab96d64cff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE984 16908 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011524.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11524 16792 bytes