Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 084249a5477cab98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:19:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3260abbfef63d29da65f17a408446467 SHA-1: a42d0489288034d674c07d4386fb56073153fd21 SHA-256: 084249a5477cab987bd848853baec933a019812c90de0771d6a69cfc17444207
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially harmful, URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://hardlineconstruct.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tikasosuxuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsc1i876ej2b33re6hunbnhnsj/53061796765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/nijupowemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609829d2ceb4d---bigubawejasabasizifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/39331677811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/36325533216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/fikoridiwubiwowudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917c82e996e---86814826810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/mifopidijafajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adede17a1e3---71024036994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bush43i9o2st921vp1ei9n5nt0/xirejamizelalapedoduwevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd9a5f3ee8---28884714893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/zolefeduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/jivejetubadota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706d0b6aae7---jepebinaxokasumol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a8bcb427b6---65345356782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609255cd015c4---94396673803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/82769660511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownbag.vn/upload/files/36205599624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53248fc0b48ead259d465eeb838a22fb/72162725003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca21eb0c01---vemosefisigoladanizena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/27644957445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cccb19f9d---pexutovesatunegugigike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=parts+of+computer+worksheet+for+class+1PDF 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_off0000bf0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF0C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f141fc14975f392d7aad086996597bf41928607aaaa3d25fe2593177313934c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d86c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86C 17004 bytes
SHA-256: d1d55a4eb61764c58e5eb330b2a8a8d279215fac77faf442d801e2d80e0e6134
font_02_sfnt_off0001036f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1036F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1