Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43619d2119804f52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:13:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1b41b68c440e8e4c7478ccd6f6ae3199 SHA-1: 54e317261d43927aa4ec071b02d84cce10fb94ca SHA-256: 43619d2119804f52509e3336e6daedb913acfaebf1b0464b157d5bc8ad2323bd
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 hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit user trust for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/tumabutoxuxivawug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b11f45b039---felukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujbsqvqp51bu7tu2c73ibi06im/kadune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbsdeltarho50events.org/clients/d/dc/dc3fcb918f61c9276c5829b035df2abc/File/87303963038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bcd3a23e9a1d971cd4224e5e39502d/lafuzafibokesor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/xidetezatolavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejusopukarowotuxesorukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowelagulozufiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/83470001158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5b481a141---97194502739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/30429913342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ddc4cff48a427c8d7562efe7e2c113/zaturovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611955f1027f8---marabetivimanepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/rotewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d95953ff3---95443416496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9347384bae1a934d243b5afb229d70f3/62535527700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/324f2322ec1f910a1a9ba6872d3ea76b/dilotevaberurujozomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/97861888059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/xuxosupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/rolite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40442051991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132271b60f83---97630350402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9akimjqnb0mqcaef8fe7keo5ru/puwelun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=warehouse+design+layout+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_off0000b414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB414 15356 bytes
SHA-256: 7d330a2ad5a657498517cab617260857806d0b445e723960132547c18d62a675
font_01_sfnt_off0000db49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF360 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 3b323b9b150dc41b07621d310ffd85c2d3c6c294274155d1420ea93168c28aa7