Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4587a851be0c97bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 02:19:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5956fa678ecb1034790c18d3b931be9a SHA-1: c62a208b29d1572c7a438c41493a806eccf6b02e SHA-256: 4587a851be0c97bb21b9d6cea3c3ecad40968cd7c05f61f1b37111a566f6f124
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sharp+atomic+clock+spc364+instruction+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/5686723152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f70d1ad3a4---88375211603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noelex22.org/userfiles/file/64896380610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502030117551541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d7c2c7934---tezowiguwawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/50299697031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fd5a2d75b---69340014567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161009b1d57afc---24816547637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161031559cb8b8---radusuvesipuwaguporaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609029667343b---703174772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/91089660080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpnb5aq3a0859umrprrb7no797/30835752163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e593c109495cb77fb2ddb328c542106/47007376352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/fijavejemakutigiviget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce62977becc---xulafilujalexisizenimaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab62d0f331b---29212168497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohouse-lab.com/userfiles/file/75737700135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2f025d1f67---43901560228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/83760722176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/38609415714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086976690f96---84806998398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3680ead9a---20407564545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/rukigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/vuwotifakuloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///76573050732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/sigetuvafonumebirelinoza.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_off0000f120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF120 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10937 11192 bytes
SHA-256: f74750d0d7674876169ab1fa755857296c190578e5521de33f35ec1b0a575709
font_02_sfnt_off0001233c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1233C 16816 bytes
SHA-256: a1cd5d2f180d78be864563f3429b3a329230d3f4b03c2d2d41d4c063e86e965e