Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 482220b1558881e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 15:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 10cba33647d0535d965e26c3b88bc4eb SHA-1: e23fa61722482ba49065b96c51ef81edb53cf565 SHA-256: 482220b1558881e30de75d221a9d3d34df3c5c25a7dfa5d0f60bd4880349acef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to unknown PDF files on domains flagged as link farms or potentially compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or for SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or content distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://ksiclubcom.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/87919815788.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/kefumaxurimaduguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/talijasovoretebokufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shophouse.info/images/files/xikikeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/botajebinisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/24888392846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumesesisapawurirona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/30712925223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17119518362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikmanis.com/contents/files/jerenozuxatenigejexifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/gijuwawitatafoxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adeptos.clevercloud.pt/images/items/files/87292670379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciogaete.com/upload/file/13817757379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d39386e03b---616591864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc6e5018e4---fisetemuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/40293771816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210918140929294627oe30yuygtgxs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/60462539527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atel-j.nl/uploads/files/zoxizifalitajuxosipavazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/wososikejadal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63547605001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b88f347e6---safuxona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazufefejalonexize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=u+beginning+wordsPDF 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_off0000af88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC79F 10348 bytes
SHA-256: ce5ad9a4c77054e83e227eacfb71733a822aa254b6df5a9850faaadf572f1076
font_02_sfnt_off0000deec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEEC 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 1ac0c9f275d8f9dbfda40524aeee28d05c3a2e04331a053f2235140b3b214f58