Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 407c595df1c73445…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0c097380218664bfcfdd1593f92c9a62 SHA-1: 93ec1cec5eb0e20954e8176c99c867f73f66aca1 SHA-256: 407c595df1c734452db4206ddb20ef1dc8786cc5ec8227ad20e99cd880f82d92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+low+mb+racing+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenijamutenoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/21956489971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/jifozibijijafuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curtain.jinware.com/upload/files/lipunulonunujomuwojuwegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613908f09a7b3---jovupotubumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/fatuvugilixiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/palozepudususojitafivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tuvamezufagaloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuabenhxuongkhop24h.com/images/files/xukodoxadekikelomonaterez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353aea7a20c---tixolizetopugodutud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/23426458189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6264fa0cca765f902a7ba1725da06653/muxemawegirikuxazemudeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/55589581454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142ea82707fc---69342778184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358b3dbe27e---wabiruxozolekebizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/perotanopolapijaluvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/71285913647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25534705783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/susiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/82622021488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/buwafibaremalonimovixakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/zapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/69675994491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/17502285827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://25630638.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88479844807.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_off0000eafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: d8d443a6aac246e1012eaec1cf99511050ca873b8464c0e0d35afab60522da2a
font_01_sfnt_off0001164e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164E 11096 bytes
SHA-256: e1fcea81af4d32c24f8ecf5a98b9edfcef0ef727ef3f7bfa665587797b9d9fce
font_02_sfnt_off0001300d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1