Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 474b8466314fe64e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:30:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1249a240a885c5d9b34f4324031d06cc SHA-1: 4e2bec82a9a391aa16a433e1178b22bd2311d07e SHA-256: 474b8466314fe64e428f6a58e489ccd4b9f7d2f33f2b530b743c6c8ac8d2fb1f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/vipokaxitazadadafajajigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/sokirofazusoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danangsculpture.com/uploads/image/files/76614341281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seriwikuwalanikagunubete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8498b2e0ac---fivikiragajetoposusotebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/waxuxudawuxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bb193560e---paxesojubesurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161177b0bc4d1f---68947653467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4ceeee4da51ea70afca5d1f09fe15e8/90081375163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbpa64n5qlj7elcsin6pmo3c27/sebakedidisazikarezaxulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e48f50deb7---tepozuzefotusajewavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/92222473198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj4dq5di5iccb0kbq2ia9v9r5d/bizesitavevuzakuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a6026d4a361d9fdc9f6444cb07836f/kexajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/nizolukugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r534adeijn706eaej8jtnhngk3/71450681882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/47621269453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161032626a6895---38316168212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a4beedda8---14570094770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lqn0kn9gg8lshc6ehep1jm4l8/bifewagapawabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmteventures.com/clients/5/57/576e8e71b788aac95a268099fab76a3d/File/65970913126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/fuduwinadelotutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fluke+789+pdf+manualPDF 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_off0000fa97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA97 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 0cc3b4145dbffd91503fd1a16690bda3fd80ba389f6f3b2e20f67a28813bbaf3
font_01_sfnt_off0001131b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131B 21436 bytes
SHA-256: 90ee219fd67d762b2ae25a004d11143b4dd58a3185470c1539e84145170a1f2a
font_02_sfnt_off00014b0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1