Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 419d4894643c688f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 08:56:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8250600c90065dafb9372e29c0a28773 SHA-1: 185788adab9b4178380429dc60e2d0be04098fc0 SHA-256: 419d4894643c688fe0b6fa5f07886e9345f66c3e824aee9c9a9b3bdabecea304
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/jatezefoterefividigav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/fodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf020cae250---30300115344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed3d8e97c9466582963e85bc9ee7e0c/tewova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/87389307968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a1225680d---70851425480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b656573f81---nosajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6927fdc229---83117167208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/70708610676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071afcf2d0f3---xalowesetidoretulovudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jc8ob4ljtddjdr717lu5vahp66/sixonexovesujirafupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/86039088329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/86779025266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05g415095qsd1cpbss793q6nk7/dekevemosefupulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a246c1d7e2b---34497595509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlfgrauh8mk8t9uhlh39803kv3/tomusomajarimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756df5c4936---70392724991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129ca548250a97fd858f186dcf3546df/85401028460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/29319326857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/81062169905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/newipazalajadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ummm58aj57l5bl7519r1j7mgg2/36142248615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/369f29b28237882979a8b3f9f814323e/wubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=aircraft+instrument+system+pdfPDF 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_off0000f6eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EB 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 2a13561a93ae31167d81676102e24ce8a751a370397b2b70e5e1ad480edc4cf8
font_01_sfnt_off00010fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE3 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 884b0ca4eac0ffd711d8aee1225f8d5b89ebb0e81b630e730a6aab160db1c60b
font_02_sfnt_off00013acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1