Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4398d9c86df638f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-26 08:37:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9f589efe3c66d452500af2ef5e05cc91 SHA-1: 62d8dbdcef974ecab908318a5db7e15d324d98c5 SHA-256: 4398d9c86df638f31c29b437172613168ba638cbe162e1036115cbcad2038771
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the primary goal appearing to be directing users to external, potentially harmful, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/61687118348.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tpk-m.ru/files/file/darasawotafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e8bb6962a---nepapaxonodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82ca1bkibi6eufn5bh1b7i3e.com/UserFiles/File/67834522795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611161d13172b---rifupuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c029c7c614---piravanupaxerogiwaguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4f949b09a---66488117148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/98576550333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/76773546185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6c62a99401a73793c5ccccc7082639/31125084664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/89750719733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/lojoxalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/vunagetifuxepuwarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ff4753ad5---ximiwotuwofeketenaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e2339ffbb0e9b9c901d942551b5f102/nubigiserarurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/xezijitomanig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dugomijuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15244a6b0---9578214625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/84774216740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insureacompany.com/userfiles/file/tedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f786fd68f67636fdd8f650cd9c5e080e/41607921148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages//files/86332364911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopphutungmayphat.com/upload/img/files/48535961803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a921b6b03f8---373714044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioego.cz/userfiles/file/vuzaraven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=bcd+adder+subtractor+circuitPDF 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_off0000d06c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD06C 16480 bytes
SHA-256: 8f20d0b8a7c875c5a5f47a820288fc95353edb18bb41a91ae05cb05c05cd34f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB44 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 66fd781046e0d50f45649fd1e8ccee32d839c661960f0f09c46d184a33d1c547
font_02_sfnt_off00011356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11356 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1