Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 464b8c45052f42b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 3360e4f5af0ee1342ec3dabe15d72c46 SHA-1: 8ae403dbb878e19675a880447163b3ac3c260c10 SHA-256: 464b8c45052f42b1a8956fb55477f5ae1c389b80a4912a800c7a95b117bc7d8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gate+exam+sample+question+papers+wa PDF link annotation
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/2413056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverlabpupsforsale.com/userfiles/files/kazutajovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/segikekawuwisevokuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjkatsasmtom89eu9tnt78navt/49500209514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaloroturasebirura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/zixizidalesumesepoduguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartusb.info/images/library/File/jeporatiwemigusineruxigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/jipumebibuvibotaxikadiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64dc392fd1477b37a8b6e1e5ae36f03/vipisotiwexobefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/lubewajazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimalsada.com/pics/file/tebugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/zaferexobofawisotipibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/datorunapajekaluvubusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobermanncz.eu/files/siparakipuvizadokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5aaeafe67---64581229406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613371b9c34b0---momijivotopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istruttorecinofilo.it/userfiles/file/83057046535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ddc5386de1---93998850212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/batokadujodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonelidimuwonafatiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd26b71decad8c3a760133d4bac937a/58182658531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2762b1337f3499c6cfe8780fa191ed/gakamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipzip.com/userfiles/file/lifurama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83184362826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/wugigesikulimidisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.info/upload/files/lobupaditimujiferaw.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_off0000d7ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EF 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 0e966045c6e2cb519eb9355181a56d6b045addc535b26edff4dd8d3f133a3fc8
font_01_sfnt_off00010704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10704 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 28523811a08d13bb0cfe7a8b2f1b3822e23ca2fedeb05bcf9e663e5e6d1ac358
font_02_sfnt_off0001203d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1