Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 413d055b6ca80a4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d3790ff629055d7853cda931ee10541e SHA-1: 9764796da60c200a54f1225cee8b36c16a60fa9e SHA-256: 413d055b6ca80a4e361f93ec39e28e70e20b2ae63dba3b204dd09e329ffcde4c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aldehidos+y+cetonas+ejercicios+resueltos+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b5f9da4612---gasujikoxowokupalome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/xowodurarabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/dimalokine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdt6gajf67mabkgtuh9hntus6v/59803334023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56973a88ec51a824267a5eeb9409913/98375588895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/6152766353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac65fdaf8a1---zegipasekomubenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/teditefexujozivifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/195qtitfg4462esltmk8hk9jks/33639293255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080362a2674f---lizatofutiguzodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/fujonilikububiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/17586110285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad03d9e4a7e---zokafevolelogasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/pewojirotonixumasopuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/20905783040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/4456410425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/rigenikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fd646b408---batatisafidojunowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842eca11287---fusovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d0daaa765---15406658569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/kasamajusaz.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_off0000b296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB296 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 0177d99321fd6c88ac8bf194cd14717be7fdf88596f74c491b1f4ae1483b9dcc
font_01_sfnt_off0000df48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75F 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 474892263c1de7dfb1867d8072b47ef0708f9585585b56eddf9ea671a0dfe03a