Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4003b8381884724f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:26:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2a007456db26f4a02010030dfb6c3a1a SHA-1: 35749043968ee268e4f0ef9c08a249bdbb1ca456 SHA-256: 4003b8381884724f29eb7cb6564f5d17adaca8014f89e7e7048628e9017ea283
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics reinforces the conclusion that this document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bridge+to+terabithia+book+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedomajemepukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9fa90c19a75089a6604b41f1a291f4/vusutugasoxofuwilagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhquoc.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titagirasanakekojalapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/84414447938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vezipanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/dotamogozaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d65327c55---xanixosekukajemipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6943c3c3f1b50c9c2d3c6435b689701b/15637606545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd1c95cf866f02505bf662468b760228/28040478927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/fudegazijexebubonopevofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/wonafoxuzukorejig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/55667474556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b10f32bc40---96225756121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831de673550---zazomijakoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090eeff7e324---gitaxepogunedobajovube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776382a03d5---9253893671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2b070abbcfd4752f41f0abee7e3484/77401787377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macroedunet.com/userfiles/file/80074046769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/58699743177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aletihad-group.com/userfiles/files/195656171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyurias.com/userfiles/files/tezajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/retufomunetakuxowowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafazekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867b7966ae8---zevuredeb.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_off00010570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10570 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D82 19096 bytes
SHA-256: 50649db17ba772af5f3be83d7dfe9ad87b1db5fa6702fe4eaf9d7972518a4f3c
font_02_sfnt_off00014f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F09 10744 bytes
SHA-256: bb8235a516a729881e7f0392a01f6256f7aec4e1728b52803e89678d6bdb4611