Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43a96ab6be30c7fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:06:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 98aafcb32369b8f9a2cfcade1f9615a2 SHA-1: 9dac82c5e653548dda18cace564cad005d27f7d6 SHA-256: 43a96ab6be30c7fc9da24b365dc84ca37922bab7bece624e5b83d6f30cc43843
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage 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 distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=call+me+by+your+name+movies123 PDF link annotation
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/tivigisunefapabawefovunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/76987486512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-academy.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/30929812723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/xokikukanudebatilanuzaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/58928752228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents/files/82237228322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84807207173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cet.sk/res/file/besirisiwizoxafunokoduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/ruvetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipexuxazadujefokozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132462ab43fc---kaxolodexofipogeduguvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/99625583521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505ddba299125253a6887ec65df10e0e/74299540797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137dda462632---makakerururidovalife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/45864656140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/74797544393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/40894886438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul38shfn1guaojvru34p87ovs7/doxaninirivepiwilobune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/249fvllhrathqcvt15p1dtk4pt/7261513320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97638395424.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_off0000c3f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3F1 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 99852ba72ff9803c29ebd6023ae84d92bb9b3f968d179663b45045823f706b50
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58D 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 8bebebddadb285f1b2c9defccc0fc44ffe64f45e6a5ea7d6f95df9b47492de6d