Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4f3b70f1ada4f12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:43:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4ec7e9d9220335da43a514cd4f29c497 SHA-1: daf5242d4f26e7dfbd8a0190c7c54d8d63d0a528 SHA-256: f4f3b70f1ada4f1225687fc071cea7b53a890ce9caf8d98d866cdaec0cc6de3a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to WordPress sites utilizing form plugins for file uploads, suggesting a link farm hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ed36a20e6---25444631227.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jinistudy.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/fowomilezidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9450ec831b---vukaguwixaxisuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed06c4c16b454c8a54b12c7260abf3b/dokawosexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be211a123f---vufemeluvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em5hkma8ioo34amnb6i6vdmbj9/popebepunokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c217ef19d083c7b0d59ff5eb94b332e9/6619740127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4a76b9fea---42873531875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa242c0892---sedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/muvukopoxibotopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/7421299742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877401a7b04---87684147375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785c9649f3d---nawenaxofetenebasufobuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/7863067318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369452d8280f00c0fcc92241cf62c542/38335261745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///11046067159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/79846076564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4c0056b6b---96987744092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8e8f050d---zugivatoradawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/44404213367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/wigokegorupamabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a024456c41---rivafogujifosijopegisumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607371ef5200b---bovozumizetevuvowuradajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f69deceafd0e4cd407b1773e7ac6514/2388378193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+heal+stomach+after+antibioticsPDF 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_off0000fe90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE90 10820 bytes
SHA-256: a9cc890ade4d759b8eaa495ad6c138d6f2e0bfcc059efbdcfa86cb7c650250d4
font_01_sfnt_off0001175e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F70 17564 bytes
SHA-256: c01f2a89ba3f73bfe80366a0a58a4785b4371e294c0967a8a0ca2ea4d5013044