Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0464cd978dcab3de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5b9fcd819aee13be9f5885dada53ca46 SHA-1: 4c73553ff7d31c486b73bfe1619261076500a547 SHA-256: 0464cd978dcab3deddb903ea935ca795dabf9aaf88ada780347db42949eb1174
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking these links, potentially leading to exploitation or credential theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+notes+for+class+12+punjab+board PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skk.com.hk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11602651710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/68546842983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e9ff2f0392666ec0ee21a28912ede53/geseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemtron-vostok.ru/media/file/feduruzoxuraxokowoxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zh-huaxun.com/uploadfiles/files/kamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayoung.kr/upfile/files/mezonipapami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/46249778308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/21678159619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/36914198758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81165056562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610055734e058---razixivozigebajeduzuxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666e12e4979b8bc09786a7b563c91abd/21798927887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/77748119965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/wanekomerapodigizisivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210726_050314.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d580555da---2488699084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c7a240fb3---xototojufetevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2f4af89dfa2ef6bcbca1967dc81c35/1541179876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamandeggsclub.com/clients/e/ee/ee862789ee8b59d3f3d22261ccc35c80/File/44837326884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88dc9d01a5676f810a6abc5c48787f39/9482305878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/75953983623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/82268731143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d55ae5bb---sazumoximubim.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_off0000d614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD614 11572 bytes
SHA-256: b00d1d042f2e50f2eddb85b7893d0a64a23e3223788d72383376e4bc9b250c71
font_01_sfnt_off0000f141.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF141 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 7a61f86434976a83cfd8c93a316b524551ec8d23ec0074acf379b49fecb64f8b
font_02_sfnt_off00011f1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1