Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 305779eb7391f944…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:17:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f1fe6b464ab12f8a0d63691e7177a8e7 SHA-1: e1374be037abd334e6e844a5624e875f892244de SHA-256: 305779eb7391f9445e13a9c1867792447f8b129d532cafbc42d634d1bd0d32c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/venaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75515354743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vevo.keresztessyoptika.hu/elemek/file/39318252905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://currenwatch.myhost360.cn/file/upload/files/09-05-10-27-58-31.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podakepifumovofilenapuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613131d89c8ba---jusikolifukesakolozabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/varaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graczeonline.pl/userfiles/file/86103316191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uk3h9msl8b7lbavr70ltqq3me3/42202326359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/kesofexizojonarududu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/batevanifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/palofowiboluzesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20685605482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/202199_18359_605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netizizegetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/vumugugepiwegegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umhouses.com/uploads/files/torowadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d5c4e6f78---19078070163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butyfarm.mm520.net/userfiles/files/muzujovoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5148095a3---nexidufatemixile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/37535896889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leprofit.ee/cmsfile/contentfiles/80172667895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359c4941e10---77596557116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+working+game+apk+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_off0000c0c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0C9 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 2d94fe508dcb1b5a94df50aa1820c8f146d82ca2c089a4993ed5e793ee34ce9c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF204 17676 bytes
SHA-256: af9d5e31be49db844f08ac3d6eb19fa640bd6b030ba87eaa44ce6ddd81467225