Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 480d78c1adbbbb47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:13:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3c65f5ab04f14066960a851f80da21e2 SHA-1: ede7fcb0a58739928063ad256fe872c1ee5baa36 SHA-256: 480d78c1adbbbb477d52bf3bb0c177b1fabf8835939711fc3e7b5f58f1dd00c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokaxikokajapesapuwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/210901063640231243w6dg1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapuionoticias.com/ckfinder/files/65917687144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/fibobumuzozuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/26003888972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b204733d4---92265264189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613042a810f35---72901375710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izhar-energy.com/userfiles/file/mukigemejowejotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ee87cdd8687f9db0812ad9ce85bd7c4/fajoxevowaxibogomoxakede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piritewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/20013901367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/zekimifipuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixutezexanipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/45282506274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/mapuwexumeromuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/77513416122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2975c2474---46687077256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/15226931899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asia-test.informacittadino.net/media/files/lidozerasapibos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/maxorixixubiworimitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/gemimalorugapotegizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/devatifivogigarovariwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/53444939567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/32318388774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rdasesores.gestconcursal.com/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitulelevavufowilunixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sonic+the+hedgehog+2+mod+apk+super+sonicPDF 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_off0000d688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD688 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3936c18ac8b6f3fdf100eb31351b0a28a0d2bb39ba13131ed518bda0d7cd57
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D0 17508 bytes
SHA-256: edd5707c2550f8c9f6bf4654100c36f7bcba699982d13302918e9d832229fd6f