Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 461966680515dc89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:01:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eac1e4d6f641786149373b1a54f7f689 SHA-1: 454c9ca4ea2c184944a057b99cbabb9a869ef143 SHA-256: 461966680515dc895f81ffc942748b963832c380fdcd2891efad7caf0208be5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'link farm' heuristic further supports the conclusion that the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to external, potentially harmful, 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=customer+complaints+examples+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://duzcanlargroup.com/Images/Media/files/larusutarewunujube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c18c312a7---77098338688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/mogutixebobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710ea27082a---vevujafematipekugele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/faboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cfb2036c20fa431655d0e9028bed5fb/xifowofirewesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/88209289660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/tepufedosasamurisanobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/70450866666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/tivase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/56749514973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/24467510826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/40774164049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://design-klasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopewajurojafojumapali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/ragazakulizidatasarezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaraeksioglu.com/resimler/files/dakositopixaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/fufesanuxawusosedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/92678156326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/70962793980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/68537141176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e1b7eab9---65440078067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/57766427533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/zolilodoguduwexiwedidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/87110901478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd388bb3e93b61c7f7fb92222603bc8/xepuxinizuxibipodudevop.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_off0000cd29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD29 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 241d716994d83f6e5fcfd015988823db4d94fc7d4cb2009a51947fae6824640a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDF 19060 bytes
SHA-256: ee900ba1d0ecc04036221fee3595e902373ee8622886b2dc23d95465c2ad7c21