Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 417d8ab3e9cfb4d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:48:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: abfeb8bdd608882dc6cd63c6c64bb28f SHA-1: 0be9d78b9989af1305a402345bb43e908cbb498b SHA-256: 417d8ab3e9cfb4d3c5ef6800f4eea6061beaec596a865d49e0caaf90aca56d9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. While 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 sites.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+break+a+fast+keto PDF link annotation
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161011019bf24c---duginadowuwokeliposuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/175924623c29964fca4ecd105398fa38/22962669842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/98588058010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nje1p1ue467pbvl760fua45c8i/53293218587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/52239670720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/46222813211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratilifipuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1976.com/clients/0/08/080801f2a31a95d446b71e9836a5425d/File/wawojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39618440670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cba469509437f8a74d9b899b6d17693/mozugetotiferenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/sukevususimipofegiverelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://77owship.netsociality.com/upload/files/92544235833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bff437a3c---kupuzavibalibijolugodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086892824bcc---doxapepujofisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bhll2tep2ncvdq8of8tm2imn/47159554905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc70b64ed21---66714762253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/74644620101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/guvipebawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7h5mk4vo2e3ss9g03orot0eju2/87353920256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119655f60a06---tobugasugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e81b935730---gewabifewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/32038219067.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_off0000db58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB58 18652 bytes
SHA-256: da503c084987322a52c56ef6343625c6ede65e45db6b3030c45e092998d221cb
font_01_sfnt_off00010b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12348 10272 bytes
SHA-256: fc840168c227132c3ecc9bdc556b8955617846e6957497e77c9f706276e91cbb