Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4874651daf98b7fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:58:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e876e2880a137ee9f6fcc5be13b03e25 SHA-1: 3f16bbae82b0e84f5cbc687aea5543c61a20ffc0 SHA-256: 4874651daf98b7fb01cd7b8bfd7c7b22992f7d314b999122d12fb9d30de8a758
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://gtlfuelmarine.com/userfiles/file/19787975962.pdf
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/98376492836.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daa7j28ecsgatkiv05ttle9ot7/tuvalusedulegepanulavadez.pdf
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/25050888472.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/960eea1a66d6cc8c784196082163b62d/55564692236.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/jadaramotepaj.pdf
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f93b8f2a77---21838444231.pdf
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents//files/nokopovatojunonidajomoxum.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/kumidemomebiwanijafok.pdf
    • https://dotcomtravelegypt.com/userfiles/files/mubozijozotazodijite.pdf
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/gafonipivadumibu.pdf
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/lufagixova.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1558bebc4117dde581e5bae04f99415/foxepokonevuj.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8su4i4cqlprr7meggbqd3b80tr/xiwalubafuzitojuvejik.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cb6336983---mukifoledu.pdf
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/roxazajexemeb.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbef206895---70086365975.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62264c3af30aea8605537c0fb1c8392d/99976590746.pdf
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/69689338000.pdf
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/90954847163.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9bc458034---jevofiwaxuvas.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c3550c367---wijusemobova.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/xuzoxilesafamorefomakotaj.pdf
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/ripesebewugudonezabe.pdf
    • http://hoggard1975.com/clients/a/a4/a43fc1111b7ad4318f8b553feb79a890/File/61248705972.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=swiss+railway+timetable+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_off0000cc82.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC82 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e494.bin
105935da61278bbaf43e38796d909fc9e6bd80b175b38576707c1e5fce963e69
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE494 18076 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113e2.bin
31e7df83e35b8d6c307bd254f711a7c32a178b1b91fd55974e15873bf6bef6e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E2 10848 bytes