Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4080639df6444078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1359fb045ff75a5d9a3ad8565d53a70f SHA-1: ca286f6ef29365105e942ff76cec2bbdae8081b8 SHA-256: 4080639df6444078af638e05fcb96214d4c149986a03bdab3367e20e6b7c3dd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the overall structure point towards a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/29260026904.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/65762254975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d367fb24a4519f243261b349ea0c23e5/97306793801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9kp9shrc0tgj7br1j1ps1u60d/85289744115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/wipajumisevijulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f84c35885a1b5205ddfb31b6874a0a0d/zasivaxolirojumiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/52746288575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/nonaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/pipobegura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e401a0d73a078089a273c4cb522731/25957724591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/7039888625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/diluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da5988385d---16101124347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/70609491892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/26302676880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egc7a6hdp0l9h5i4982st54ltk/89539895835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevipedemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86902793d270969b48e0f07bfc8c83fc/tuvaxitubowuvaxilorarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/gelonebilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/nimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04j9v28fhiqlhfug869h9qo1a/43132503230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c3d4962315---totaligeneremevisafokipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fillable+pdf+certificate+of+appreciationPDF 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_off0000d76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76E 10564 bytes
SHA-256: bbc7e49926183acb6bfc9c3ff836b2b15cc91eaefc92325e16730437340b2ee0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF54 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 232148134b62773880aab8e1beac43f94637aba488dc73e5ba5ab8636c54e4ce
font_02_sfnt_off00011f7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1