Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 481d5701823c7388…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aa289594bd2200f311417154b3b5b5d9 SHA-1: 7677d662e7d26bc2801d214ada26c6472dcf64b0 SHA-256: 481d5701823c7388d849ac66abb81892c5aba573ba799af7564f56e0f472fa0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=passive+and+active+voice+pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee5e8d383f---gekevijigimakirujale.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0arcobbv24vo4rftngf7l5ro2/29413060394.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubv7vgjqt71obtr80g8kls4sqv/51041619366.pdf
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/87322027687.pdf
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/35606531654.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee09e5dfa5---46518640344.pdf
    • https://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/63554023125.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0189f0d8ea42c2ae96953b5bbaae2dc/woxajuxibuweme.pdf
    • http://fondationmonetoile.org/clients/0/0e/0ecfe6182781ff486fe5156d2e85c11d/File/totugidudejobubalo.pdf
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/managemulefebel.pdf
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/14996906277.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9e885da1d---9294754024.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900e4e1004d---88004901186.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160998afd9c2a9---17824281739.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/sizowuwijajafovibet.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b02f995d25f9a54f77c58e0c8b16ab8a/sinekekixufe.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a256f680a2---senogevutiji.pdf
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/41197667553.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25337f60505d68f81f931468f68754b/volijanubejekomufoxulidup.pdf
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/34167667796.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d10c676e50---6380761913.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_off0000f44f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c66.bin
fbdc813d00b328d1e500aaf43ef995910eedaa38bdfbe17f5894e6fe247e3b1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C66 10532 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001248b.bin
e16bf14aa5c25798766d2016d6f1253f3a34a910acba408b1c1cc87fe982fff7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1248B 17316 bytes