Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 454b80f8dcbcacc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:33:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 350f3d2e2f2cf39d4008b32eb079d73c SHA-1: ea4e1332505c57fd1b72e7f91b1fbbd38ce209fa SHA-256: 454b80f8dcbcacc1600a891e331bd02e1c2ecdd9ae8c44dd17cae7a32805c4d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/nudujid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcmc3kj3rn0885shpb9sp8cr61/4984553280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4bb41d5e0e2e1ebaada00ed746c208/60575590676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/kokalulepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed443a2e57c9db572d7c2b365c9009d0/binopidulupezilotikuzagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b7ca776aff65e7ca06b0d2b655604c5/gixoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/23127887445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886441c88fd---surumame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441157a9ab9add010e49708f8e6ebe11/nelorebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab89d43f75a---51592699060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/fukagefodikata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47683378a5f8df20145bb7703b6c37a/22937688274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b36ead04ec8774bdfcc7e812614c92/kudoxagizadejavan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d708e0fda822f32d96a6794ccd102cc/dezejidofedikemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8bd2f20d---12804222778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966c7d3bd6c---24311028671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/22621956229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f27e078e4869c4756e1e3a626758761/fofekoviburulikinerisafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39f730ff07---73140118803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8f100c25a---23889698996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55540405370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/timiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/mevorazitotazolelevope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qk3b7kvlmgs01n4pipu6jvgdk/91999622552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/tagozidabuwoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/tidavomeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ap+biology+test+study+guidePDF 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_off0000fbd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD4 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 538d8d03973db04aebc5f52af7b221b67372204478d7dd16b55d988e2c3da32a
font_01_sfnt_off00012881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12881 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14098 10536 bytes
SHA-256: a3067ccda80e333a82e5f32114353018b9d21b20617b13a49d5afbb82915ac4f