Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 485dc82c0cb07f89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

140.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 05:48:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ec20f1af92a5b8913409c66971950ee8 SHA-1: ae1ea7941ed0f8538a3120561445befb99366718 SHA-256: 485dc82c0cb07f899fd94b83bc1587f2327cea164618066f85cf7991b0d5654a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9778

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://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609781c453dad---13751928601.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b5d040ed0512769afa3f8f35a6c508/wedetagewomaxumuzukonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/329a64e00ba4b8f01db7285b8fdee8e2/12213139943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/vujozasugexenukezogefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/3299298974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897a05e9d7e---14314878657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913cb0651ac---10042641499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63983180993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2042b0be16e416a4159129c93aca7c/18550359717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/20904801333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80e5f0fb75f8a52508be4c9310111fd2/jutudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/zimukiwipawakuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3949b0c62c0cc4ab8c669dd9e807bdf4/20021606970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/82296132043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878cabaff7f---16290014041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/tewozodatonuwotagusugive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a383c0ff1171ab366fae202eb076e52f/28902686044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/xoxetavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazis-expertiza.ru/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/27372363827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafazitapimopipidudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/94462319680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=legend+of+zelda+breath+of+the+wild+how+many+hours+of+gameplayPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001a119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A119 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B927 10080 bytes
SHA-256: c8eae10bbb169518917c05fe5810fef950527075ffc459d12a895ca19cfc5d77
font_02_sfnt_off0001d9f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D9F1 11400 bytes
SHA-256: fc151c95bb722bfc9485c0e22f738b97d99ae28e26109413c5b3be0a65159138
font_03_sfnt_off0001f449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F449 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 188c8cec1656743ded259f50594942f7cce93bf03e815bc4b8fe50a4c6420b33

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