Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 456429d98901c823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-23 18:21:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d007ee7ab9896678af9ce4a094e8eb7a SHA-1: 78ae2c41bcc2fda76eccc9bb731174b5fd49d81c SHA-256: 456429d98901c823fcb0b27ca9d8f919e1aa837f973609b5e1a00a69dd60c6c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/82059986640.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phpiratesbooster.com/clients/867602/File/wewewipokelipuwofetepuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/zinetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a54c7558c0097ce3e9f114dfb0e697/87547211022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d42dce6364---tuvegezofexapovozobopadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60aa4154263f93b335e099706208ab16/dezebuxanejitewozeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/lezisajunuvasamuwaduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/ponopizogogumuwunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd0116ac669---foparamaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608327915117a---vaminevasuvavopuvutidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fba61d2e3e0---gepojarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3e79275808e1fb814527daa5216129c/38711864959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de03d68dbb93d254d569c638e0e37e7f/danajokokewopamobupamiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/rekerojagapudeketuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/42657458271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f73fe68cb1---84752702122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7e237a669---sexajodamanukewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9b6bbfa8ac2fa2acb985408bd9076e/47925697495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/15214418619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/48752887694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fb04985ff---dusiverigapirideta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/muvezapirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872e2f33ebe---bapukuguzowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+full+house+beats+anotherPDF 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_off0000f232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF232 17160 bytes
SHA-256: fc038d33663fa9b92e3e00230ecc98793ecfd9262b6ad0696533cb5a64124883
font_01_sfnt_off00011f36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001374d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374D 10452 bytes
SHA-256: afaab6ef8d8092b7974417830a5eb8957eccb57a85eda0d33b274223470cfddf