Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 448184e79419000d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-16 09:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 773e47dc36d28e7dee13135928857816 SHA-1: b61d11e79b99a6818ee5b639eb550f45cac6bb9d SHA-256: 448184e79419000d480f86b441256fcc1ac767cafbdf898f5f1835b939293173
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+bigger PDF link annotation
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/wuwiwiweruvigazubazunajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///85783922965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259e7b200d---80031692762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff83d9f0e17a5548732c3ee6df642d41/dofebogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipus4sc830uj0njjnsovnq7vjo/83286005795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b7ac2d138ee4cdb65dc6968c012f80/43743998806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonioloclaudio.it/userfiles/files/26690325290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/musevolijurotewulutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e549b85ca59---pikuvuned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f9378488e---sopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8000350792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba1d9521a0---12104246285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f9b03fd4c07fb5305424ebef59f903/wiverezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7676d7120bfd2cf281bc904bca9e8f3c/47908954300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7730957ecce0cdcb9cbd2b6c4b483db2/velamodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/zixinusilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/94765718603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882f0ccea9b---85133984891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/os6fov9dko31naub8r49tl5s5t/kirakesopelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d5f4f1d15---vuxiferixurapanetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1383eaf159325273bf63015af6fbe36a/73339760530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5bdvgq6c8sa52lgsa3f8q2ts3/tezeroniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/4016503925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f9347b2ef---6935201564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85cdfdb22c037aee1b35521c0bf725e7/dejinegokezofede.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_off0000f179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF179 10184 bytes
SHA-256: ab0eeee92ab6fc12223036f92ae41cac1623f1946e05e1aac7afcaeecb47476b
font_01_sfnt_off00010873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10873 18064 bytes
SHA-256: c9b56b8542b567902c889c946d0906bdd951abe3f4e681db6c2845d7a2795212
font_02_sfnt_off000137fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1