Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4612b073f8aa501e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ec12f8f9ba77b62f2e91f1edb237dc12 SHA-1: 8bafcab9376ede73f8cc64fe3c67929b67101db6 SHA-256: 4612b073f8aa501e623ff54345618b1a5d2b3a671a670af8dd3d33b4a2552aac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=m777+howitzer+technical+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://panificiopasticceriabattaglia.it/file/xogewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7372b07cd6c67130b3988c81d9044483/setubipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92ad88064---97453576183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/35439473399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27dab77955---wulovulasura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s1c105kmq6i6btppf7losdded/34002311709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e369ac465---bijuwapamowewavoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/refexonozuvowijiduwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/xuwomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/babunariwujolexozebitelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba8b7ced4aea4af217ed6bf902f7257/46621577866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d686df1103---304439641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/fisuxasazerasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ttcbovd6fe8s1m4j5jf7nabb7/4362673115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/vokerujed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/069abb5ebf1b59494f9d3c194103bd68/24670295579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0276d8e43da39aaddf9252c8dbfedbc4/1892666942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a904f4231cb---zezodatubazigajexisusabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/38369915531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/86211484458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/45798209676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nemuoesehc1vr14nrk5846n90r/3284587245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/kupubapofawanulekakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/76459099670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/66051131637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff79f565fea0949b37b8a6f3a7d3660/wefekori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/ridolivezatufiso.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_off0000f125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF125 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10937 18372 bytes
SHA-256: 427eb0f1ae047c5beb4cc61092463fbf74a3d845b6fdd45524a853e01234facd
font_02_sfnt_off000139d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D1 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 4ac45f13d417d213e372444c937bc3170407c6c55790ff4cd677559bbe04465c