Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 486b7cdfe102f135…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 23:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: f2793be3abc741ca8c28a0a5ee61fd95 SHA-1: 30ff91623705be5df253821ab63ce4f555a5065d SHA-256: 486b7cdfe102f1355be8340caf32f11ad43c7155c864495eb5490c25f0d4076e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting the PDF is designed to leverage these compromised sites for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/zelekokewerafunonimufek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e579e3714---30111364109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/fadorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/ladabagijuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/27306530444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753dbb574ed---49568335557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kumakipaxatenodogekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/63418983551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913eb80c026---90563457189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70ca1983a1---benumazuvedoduverogila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhmhk129eo63r2nrb7jblk7png/26760566318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/mimugejales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc286967657---22584310690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12bd199b16---6450603669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/futisibuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05h5l5k7ucdhh5mf7ntvs4bv2/71643270109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66c7b62f37---nuvufemijigujoxojuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c574cbedc9---60860965038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57460ff7c49ea49069f031db77a8a8b/latidotutifasumadafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6e7c84b43---jurowoxifisidaxidijorig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/74372041523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/mivorazafebuvigupopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/vejobowunopumebebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cc3933a7a---77130505797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=easy+game+level+66PDF 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_off0000fd69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD69 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 8f9c197783c8ab582bad03bb34017192871cb8ed483053c9281292c2f7a16504
font_01_sfnt_off00012aaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142C1 10268 bytes
SHA-256: eefc86294e60ed3a150916a57d8bb8722a9692ed63d9c75a08c00d2ea2c1a1e0