Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04a77db60128a892…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:17:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5514b56a6797265f7c96aa95f5cadd13 SHA-1: 1188fcb79a740f71be681221dca1f075062a18e1 SHA-256: 04a77db60128a892080f0c1485e5d5a24e75a7b57ab9a0691a036e5ab817d907
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised or disposable domains, a common technique for distributing malware or leading users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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 http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/78228198876.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd07911619e64e42a96953a18dd4d14/30778149601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/lulivejizevasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/58933173782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f5a9b8005f2b90a40918d528d594037/xedowaraxuxexofomodijasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc12ac3d9e---17125781449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dc1151009---pexebobuweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b46a7732c4a8e4b2962d3fe643ec31c5/xajikamuwunudikefosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/ledaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ray-king67reunion.com/clients/41562/File/13676145473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnrp2lgsj3mn2h03nkmecb16f7/32840604341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7416442f1c---65380809635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e69147356---furegamadoduxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/wopapuripuwunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/594354474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p6j2kio9cudhbrqkhoijaf1jq/jabumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/jebulatojodafugazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b4dbffa092650a2a0c281cbb3b16f5/62545970195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4226837c8---jurujanoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/zujebatofurat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839be28eb79---69861171052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingyi-bnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/75945273322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ab310a0099babc684b0431698cd9e07/80660175360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc0f1bb228cabc69372d0333563f4c27/64637645786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/rajaxesurunaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/xugexuradolijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=connectives+in+speechPDF 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_off0001094c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094C 10260 bytes
SHA-256: c60e9997288ea0bb6d3d9b55300f4a7fa20a24debe72b31c2eb7f677ddf8eb62
font_01_sfnt_off00012062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12062 17048 bytes
SHA-256: bf47eee29c0227c0f39869172f98eb8776dd92baae7932dfcd2fca4e569f50b1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1