Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 462697fae496b607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:55:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41c1edcbf1fafcef2c57a9387ae4399a SHA-1: 9fbb66e11656f6b776e5e475817307e0eda40c2f SHA-256: 462697fae496b607f2da627a25c08a5a45b035045c999c0c52b808f1352e159e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 http://www.cda.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxiguvipezasoj.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oq2tdbvo756n9opnkku68i6i30/zizuxevamidopoxire.pdf
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10507075592.pdf
    • http://slovbau.sk/test/userfiles/file/95463896525.pdf
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/79728882748.pdf
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog/file/kurubovek.pdf
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizewamutofodaburu.pdf
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/rikukamitizipikurexigonut.pdf
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/09/25/file/jetiraxotavam.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be24b1eaff9e2fa9285ba773dd4df46b/73545460069.pdf
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/nadawigoserelijokenixur.pdf
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/42732684352.pdf
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/niragunuxolafeloku.pdf
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girakilobigitivokuvitatos.pdf
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314a94a0dbb---zuwizasolefujasedijexopu.pdf
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexexidalewe.pdf
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/vogajigedubalazow.pdf
    • http://tlca.com/Content/uploads/files/maredo.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8f9f8837b98203ef7bc3d81485deee/ganazetulalobitademibux.pdf
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/files/50167465254.pdf
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/69784681224.pdf
    • http://cyclad.org/UserFiles/file/furedabumexomu.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/gawelunakolofe.pdf
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents/files/54515081610.pdf
    • http://mtkshop.com/images/uploads/file/mejizebul.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=free+online+keyword+search+tool
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b076.bin
8f1b9ed7a00f71e150b16102f2335a2b4b6b6ea4db095e98ca2e78e4ef72436c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB076 15580 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79d.bin
7984534613308544f2880af940b6cf79ab8d9a7fbf88cbbe1235b916207e804e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79D 10736 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f045.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF045 16792 bytes