Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 483318d0b858b096…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:16:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d2a95a561f63ea312844432d804c76f9 SHA-1: 0ad354ba61bfe8ee62f1756423e1e3a69ca8660e SHA-256: 483318d0b858b09646057a81abd4a97b3be077f921b4d95bdf96b034aaab1509
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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=paediatric+protocol+kenya+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/78736505588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f7ac826b64fc8e7e33a75f2267c5f1/neluzutoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5c51a969a---metedivumidikofujaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96fa1ab89---towojokegijefavitoleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/pezunusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasowojisijolaxiwufikosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevevolejapodisipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeb33dd8c3---67066278394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca13fea47e---pagoxejufarepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/76248303786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/buxekuwiwebive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j78m0k0r9rl19s8kooua6gl398/79172126563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/56375072795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/825812158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d7ce9e02c---56987243467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14772aebf6---pufawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/gizozelugabezogituzijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5jq1nvrfrj18tim301dqlkp44/95393578361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desiaussies.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/jasokenijefuvexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609698685f24a---tejirilawopopafuzebaxawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/tosufofadaberopibaguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/bupiviwoxuxamepufifatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianaquesters.org/clients/9/95/9573c8d6e108c9729a37356986dd5b5e/File/jexojonatamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doi.org/10.154In PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b8ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8AD 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 407f08e530acfb67a26472bf78161b7fea9d9fd3a9b796749e52595142771746
font_01_sfnt_off0000d125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD125 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 7d3afa1f4688cdb8b94927c7ef87f515852b6575da457908f503420d877f9596
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1