Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 487f44a433150973…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 150375b09b8358ecf7ddfa8df9d3cf0d SHA-1: 3a7b18798c2ebd125670aa81a3658d38be60a3a2 SHA-256: 487f44a4331509733ea498361e562d73fd3216df39199dc08d0249cc6cea40b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to a link farm, a common technique for phishing or distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose, likely to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=christie+brinkley+lampoon+vacation
    • http://dchs80.com/clients/c/cb/cbc185099defa3274d3d4f74835fd64f/File/fowakugoxuregawaxir.pdf
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/30893198395.pdf
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/kilepedawidake.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a4e9f3959---pefok.pdf
    • https://www.epicbrands.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003defd5abe002149c38a5b4c460d17e/kiwuxune.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56368408b5d63918826a6a63a66142dc/47215423216.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092bd2d0b5d2---87305509324.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee0gok8h501i3vcuh2ef74rsbl/36381684565.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210515091435350077973.pdf
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/4002192738.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1471e4cc695b15057e1c6959c588cd6/26797645980.pdf
    • http://puppies-4u.com/clients/e/e7/e7f09595da74c05d2059c741134300d2/File/feviguvak.pdf
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-6///20216231450362182.pdf
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ut2trmih0ci10ge5e633enbum/giruwiwovapoju.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d36b4ff3ae42d66efff93437792621/minosade.pdf
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/66383369219.pdf
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/watevijegitavepodupej.pdf
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/92811267192.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a9e5d8e01---9149517179.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f098296afc061bcc6f45d5ef172ad4a/dakosate.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q79mhnjj04lit6k8doj5e19gj2/butatanejixudab.pdf
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39dd358ef09ec8b041a0685c2d5894a/79313640219.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2c8f9e9ee---daxipifiwezox.pdf
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a3490b12ff88bd397a02ef3810e3c6/katexenazalopebas.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29562f24b1a77b96732da1448281704e/laxijalusomofubarer.pdf
    • http://www.flamanville-76.fr/upload/file/gibabivu.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_off0000c5a4.bin
8eae64dc27f6a8859b630d55998c2e00e1f17edb0903bc8d73b0e16ac8bba683
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5A4 11084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df20.bin
6d3c5dcfb8b68160e53e85be8b71fb3c1fc9dfc7d7c11055e2c95c7a9210af6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF20 17036 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bc9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BC9 16792 bytes