Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd4f4e031e94cdd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 03:44:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0721b6c1522e0af2268a246b6a87ac23 SHA-1: 5df3497b2de105e69b3227012df90aabe2de62a3 SHA-256: fd4f4e031e94cdd24d50110052f6dadfa56b85f4967ac070bf08d69fc992224d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for further exploitation or phishing. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as an attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/65127071835.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a3ddadb3b6468058df2b4dba8ab0ce/bubezesudododezukonikibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9bae3bcca8---92430450046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2fdd4d23c568307685e3e1f98852d8/28154558619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/jogumudamitepaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548fba4a6c459d0e314c4db810a75de6/ruzowetitavizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/rafiroborevojesusegune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bd9e99cc8---rugorajuwejarabesalulure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/22210013173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvh0bs660v6irkj71it6vt4hn5/segimesizakatazizube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b222b12360c---zimuremafanalipebewozetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca26191d6001c18ccb79c8810451e43d/41210048877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/55358873837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/9800708385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/dimuwiwufezeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/90550590952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ebbf4d463---gagisanuwetakofadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/90481413136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4bi7krinco2nrbmlv942bu1qk/zexatozupokuzoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8880e6c60d---ximovenasiwabaronabuxuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dedee3bc7c48692381b27e36e3ef2a3/73119824782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b16e558bf0---pazelikeluwarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/gafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a591b8e4ce---buzazowelarunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=is+nytimes+spelling+bee+freePDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72361460762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF735 17344 bytes
SHA-256: eec3bdb428297edd06fef3e6b3b2c8cd49292a583506f9bf8a952cbcfbcb17b5
font_01_sfnt_off00012484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12484 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 9652097d707ed7585d41959fa4d06191124f568982bef65556b8c08248d3b6b8
font_02_sfnt_off00013c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1