Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 479431a51204636a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:32:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9665ed0825d25914be118597b197a74c SHA-1: 3712825702ad561aa86b139aab28bbec51a67fc2 SHA-256: 479431a51204636a55758f6f5e5f2be0a9a1edd85f9a82959af5d60c4f39a828
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to a variety of websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. This behavior is characteristic of a link farm designed to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nasa+voyager+1+%26+2+owners%27+workshop+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/sexijusofegowubefipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9f7da9368e---daxonomuwepufotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/naonta8tt7a7qs4qnsddqcs1u6/wumatike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6043cf9a6---puluxajonedexiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/39597969914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de8378d54e---dunubonudududifimamibuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608648bc46a91---29515238697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irepairplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gewamuxigeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanguardhungary.hu/userfiles/file/megul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54662096620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43329889790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4306e1e33413969274ff80b6fe9742bd/75804236247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612909a442936---nijivufafobuxasoveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/sibizogivazafirusitevuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e0e62371d---97903261193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4fc207ccd40edfa578f686c5474f3d/juvukivanixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/zagagegobujuterukotivuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://full814.com/upload/files/wamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/12229509660c35c8fccf08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7k6ea64h7ath8uc81f9iu8ic7/36866420711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb6dfd701f---39328892205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/30946824016.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_off0000c893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC893 19848 bytes
SHA-256: 1d7cb33c7293dc1a5be97f2e532e74f6faf69d13d39080a37a0593d6c7980a53
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11422 10152 bytes
SHA-256: fdf8bcc31eaede785d62bf416992cb29256729a880b00f5a80bb79aac1460504