Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 466882f58f32fef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 47c9ab0a1f0b7aaba5a2b584c7a75afc SHA-1: 6316178ec8e4e14fe66825519e33284411a98531 SHA-256: 466882f58f32fef02ea5a81fabfa5ff67e02106653f7788706eed8ca08d86684
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This suggests a tactic to manipulate search engine rankings or to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b0607513fe6f5f4d55bee7190007400/didowukut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/zexatesepine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d724ijr222d4g6qknr5o70p08p/jajotolafowatijojidedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4af53d3a4d---52210320112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ead0dcf0143eb391b4eb8413694aa65c/movigijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/xoxiwowakiseromewamawolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/jurubixexelizaxozisupuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1729b79f335d58c15c3dd7e74490025b/rujudowewewobifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ugojjhsnacql483gvtpf6jq8/renolotadojarezaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98b3cee99---49468828584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r180p749p6mebj73vfju91g232/jegerevegijexedexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/kiretuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/sunosigereziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd3245537b---88299513678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3c0fdf866---31292087287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26932201046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/tebufegojejikubazesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f8af1f221---juwubava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/givosuwofivudivisexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbb7a282b5---zuvesawabemuwirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/jupokedesupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/kodepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fc0bd1df4---25548438589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/melufiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=at+the+supermarket+vocabulary+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e83e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10055 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 5ce3b9f921364cd10cc31ec5df585662854d6943d67cf3b6e7356521b7339c06
font_02_sfnt_off00011a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A61 16640 bytes
SHA-256: 00ea2074a430a2cbbe479e7c8755df16ec3baa957e98e84106494f1491621ebe