Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 481352f6ca1c254b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 29d54592fc145978942facaffe11dfcb SHA-1: 780ac5805efd42fc91e71e5f0c784a8fc67568b9 SHA-256: 481352f6ca1c254bb8ac085feadc8a8f20240316c8c4e72028f4cf69aef3648c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of external links strongly suggest it is used as a lure for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=activit%C3%A9+droites+parall%C3%A8les+et+perpendiculaires+6%C3%A8me
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/vawulajixefebonejapab.pdf
    • http://shop-exclusive.cz/userfiles/file/rabegupa.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cdd78c285---86872116544.pdf
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/vabamala.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e30f3a9d3---kuvokosezi.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c71c4a3e2---81393897926.pdf
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/kuvesuluminexulelo.pdf
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/gurejagimozelexuv.pdf
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ail8mbcaqrlce942int8gci1o/49968630695.pdf
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/kanewapovemivuwaseli.pdf
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/85406139012.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902f572d049---wazidikibolerubi.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1dc48c593---sekiz.pdf
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/tapiwewenejerepa.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb62b2b62c9---40056521949.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a482c914aa9---2039681767.pdf
    • https://hawkseyetravels.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulapavubekubob.pdf
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e07ea8538d---gebepufigifaxemonatejule.pdf
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qi377tq960cs64u2l2gr94b1c/99060029902.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a01ccbaab4---gururiv.pdf
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/junapilu.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3f99b5f50---70225118516.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d750787da03790b3e75da48732e7c5/bofenovur.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd9dff0f2f3---kozexed.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e27b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa8d.bin
616116534cf0b2d150d8e9c0f832b50bedb7f18341babef50a55b857ea4eb0f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8D 20100 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d6d.bin
95c85a0250a78e3a4a1a3fbe1414f3a2fe77db1f98cfc13e7d959cca5cfc444c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6D 11300 bytes