Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4287516a3115468b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:03:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 37f437f7c8e3e2341beef79fa35c268c SHA-1: 6c7d811058c4e858e41ac3fa2b4d533495ea25cc SHA-256: 4287516a3115468b2e0f690b1a1967d6459961c6114713fe57788b69c2404ce2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms. These URLs are likely used to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q64ini9i47ur1m9h530407741f/joluvudirakubub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55c4a9f82de925df2b8cc3c870fbb398/daragavesafosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/pudojamakuvisewafopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/48730008270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66fba558e1a5c12f9dce941b2a0dddfc/tugofelawidonilosadufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/vigilofawadamajujubobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/90068325524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/bofuwaxugomipexedisoxetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpo37uf3oi2ua7c5jf0bqdh4s6/lexosisikilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210814_122248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b6f1df555---fodajomejomokuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109010438235588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/jijofopubidezapuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/7256302870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/28539444967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/pekubabinidumebebudaranon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/11924872280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ac8099330---jepunapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/21578650478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/24189190934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/mawofamudemufidalozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17333e4139b72547ac6d702064c15a8d/nudojilonumazoronitesuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8f47c74154b395d959382e7725f863/zilumofuzetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/damapifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/makefarixugoxabebudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823722594aa---viligexumexivarijupotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=usb+spy+camera+manualPDF 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_off0000f978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF978 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001118a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118A 18516 bytes
SHA-256: ef5a0a0d3973b73f486f25e7fbb21321c62949391b9271d72042fe8a10d843d6
font_02_sfnt_off000141e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E8 10584 bytes
SHA-256: bcac114061b8bde62d835141f3a0af80dea62145548056afaaa3511865f2682e