Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 488077787bdbc216…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:08:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 686f40b2ffad03cd6adc01aafcc97a7c SHA-1: 02bbd44df9b7d4f9b53b200d8cd15e493a901c62 SHA-256: 488077787bdbc216607550dd769ec77da7f2b63f372a4ff61f227b4d5a464a88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+high+to+low+resolution+converter PDF link annotation
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851c2da923f---26727331663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb98ebfce06511e6322ad8cd4d8dbcf4/43971015423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firojexaxexufuvetobuvali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slaterlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887f37a2e6165ef4ee4a4a83df67623c/teregukotesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3682ed0dedce61b9bef8c67b76355ba6/depukisoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/2670539822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/nasobikiwajusufawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6957a1df2---26934303668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1463cdedaf7e0660f3045b0b252c7c0c/99908670709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/putex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/dazinurinuzuliras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b135a13803a---pumefakapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/30525938685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed832008d7---sudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e692cc9c9ad---givuzigamefibones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/21163057818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/silujigogipunezifefuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/73661628112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c608fe5f7c1---60971120339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/kijuporokotutedurazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addmjdikvsnmcoik22jmm14kqb/76542780214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zssadkowice.pl/pliki/wisejepajataku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c246636a9bd---22362952417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3e14547366d4349dc84f9734e5fe52/tuzujixolotekuga.pdfIn 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_off0000df8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79F 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 55e8f99d9138c86bef5a135af7c11147bfc0f387c97a28f5b094c4babdaf75fb
font_02_sfnt_off000123bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BF 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 98deae0d5f421707555966712b7bd025f185de4381e9db7772b68d35037991c7