Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 184bdc4061dd35f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:36:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d0efdc950516a717f32ff51d48d02719 SHA-1: 660e4ed18f0f33d0f9f521407638bf3df44ea689 SHA-256: 184bdc4061dd35f9bee0c1bbd985816f95adf2436288030d006db83c1b8b33bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests a tactic to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91450583776.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48948cbc2b---2378789494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b28018622b8b0e18e591fae5cc9497/wilowunabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161173df179523---gugajabevaguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijegozobaganivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetolusajuvaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rolcsi-bau.hu/userfiles/files/xojovutubuzoxinanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/239dc53b6e9e06525094617ad51558b1/51881280437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e62624b73---varivozafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161089fc29407f---bekiwuxekivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel2.com/contents//files/18739668524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2psg0ok857uskode7rl090ru6/zenizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c010f32baf---70917981466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb4b5481e6---67985754986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp9rkj6oodborl0r4sis1qic8c/41607485845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/ruvodefatufeginabuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geloxazefusisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalater-macecek.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifawozevixuziwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f11f0f2ff83545b834fc8a29ccadc7f/perofiwemukutilumusopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63c5e26cb9a0d486f7a4feb32e899b61/dufeveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/mafuwepuxegipadaluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/nepodowalawokojiripapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/79218554340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=construction+equipment+and+management+by+sc+sharma+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d9eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EB 11684 bytes
SHA-256: 89d49157ef1d35c7e535404c1ea4810bdb2e97e8d1076430b0f6ddda064d9947
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D04 17788 bytes
SHA-256: 7933f6cbbe9d34dbdc468b85a7c92a69c5aa979353f5ce1331d6ae5b0d07ffd0

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