Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 461d5aaf36011cc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:18:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 77f15fb97a443230b10ec2e4a9b1d301 SHA-1: 0e81beb72bf90608cc356431575519dc51d4fb2e SHA-256: 461d5aaf36011cc7e84615676555bdfe36f78277bef7681aeec8dc81ba20fb46
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+federalist+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/zaxozesugemagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/87100722836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/63826425879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/zebanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jajobufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255fdd33dd081becfbaf9bce28060cb2/89691777285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehpromyar.ru/media/file/43014744812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48106ec885---86670050135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79882069072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suriyedostlukdernegi.org/image/files/65326533677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092986eed07f---divotovisazawuwerexusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/20756142004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/21185317614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/93277183689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e0cdf32c5b4f017d4cd01944e20bfd3/vavovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da747a17ef---buzemukaduvokuxejupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k2plusinterior.com/userfiles/nedunisorinotojupezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/4107745591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4aq01jr6k4ea4gq1qughbcrdd/figenisupujanumisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents//files/bimutokakodedeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e208303c27c3a53eda06c36ce698c09/radezofapamajotele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nq3cduq11ocbksf7qh78fp5e4/loserotuxirodefezesufabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/vilulopadaxebujivedibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/buwipimusevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/80696925376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15f31d06024a9a186c052e0fbfd2e57/zefawuronid.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_off0000b80f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB80F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD026 10364 bytes
SHA-256: f9e51bc374002a2f01ed5f6940d50683e9c32063136d130bd4c036b9c975d37f
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BA 14420 bytes
SHA-256: e487aaa1ec7c487043a5aae2eb0d8d2c29d96ea466b1295f9afebc2762d1bf32