Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 402c828d04403f7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-23 03:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 93e051aabe8945522ee435ada8d027e7 SHA-1: 00b54431a125843763dd9343171a1373aceee5d6 SHA-256: 402c828d04403f7bed2a3919ee981b747701467c1cf50f3d0ade262f4d4d23ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/35669915734.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210708_115319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/14247393055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96459341018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/muzoxawobelewumekunemevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/23795559772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf626705f6---52885032216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e13d6c36e7c---zadimokidibotijezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/14061860311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/59884024717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelsandmartin.cz/files/file/vesusibinovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/jidibesopabukumakazavegaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27439def9cccb9543df7fb396e8557da/kofawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/guvususesupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7d5345d38---977374409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/83703347980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8309be3fd28c8838d91999e75614a8d/2199107675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f0a0463f3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073879919b4c---rejububokuwukife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgknfqenbn040n406o1gi3mhl8/54878406029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/11997351453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/1067644249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9249827159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8859f69bb6---lukakepavanuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=non+group+a+strep+treatmentPDF 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_off0000f6b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B5 17084 bytes
SHA-256: d5f42694fbe3edbf80d13db22d455cbc94a25f19825ca4d3e8ac59985a2ee605
font_01_sfnt_off00012333.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12333 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 65e0072b3240001ed5da8fca7ca330be63c82229e0122cc8e724a9bcaa0108da
font_02_sfnt_off00013b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1