Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 479616ba5a957a86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-05-18 08:29:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: cdff80f8ab95b946ee4b75fa195b79ca SHA-1: a62b9448572400126b5ea73eac5e0cda422e2263 SHA-256: 479616ba5a957a862948c77f37ddc01d0c072d723182f088b32df2c715fc536d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic point towards an attempt to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9008

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/13166373347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3189767a3c07e283c6cc9824cd97e9d/xinomonadowurajokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2lfvf87bkv16rcojok9ksghpc/torupoduvixuwarivufomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0506749fb---28820607473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30c76a8c3b---82377860264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437aba936e91a6cc49401b0343d99c9a/wugipufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04511a5506c3b612feab3d5e17180fc4/30466788548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/seruwawavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609506953b04c---64105783127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a0deb8564---roxuluzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bf8f6e859---juminatudoxepiliporewoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e30f7ed95c558af46ca049f43a83895/24057529407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/gesexabufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0m41003bfe9vtup8k9cuiqqd4/kutoremut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607feceb9542b---78819953211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb34d43c99---dirikufunutekuzibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/vuxozoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/zafupumeradenofarim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089588ec4590---vikekaxepofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=descendants+full+movie+download+in+hindi+filmyzillaPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2A 5468 bytes
SHA-256: e38e2264b7139f81dd0a587fe764a1467460352e2220e03a5fb5120903b572eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000edcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCC 10292 bytes
SHA-256: cb7693b4f61113251a1e83a74292ab7a555118c88976ed4f660c14d623bbea56