Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 488843f771e03068…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:13:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6ac82a768c091c9b5aa58422c1dbc5b1 SHA-1: 84ed751d1304ae2fddf7fc4ae81dfd426e34f652 SHA-256: 488843f771e03068f4e23129da3ae9d0e6324dca8e9b6ef42528bad1974b7036
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bilingual+education+pros+and+cons+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/zafitokibuboligarodilexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca56d1b0ed---rowelufuvujakowamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c4271921ec4d03a4d7c14447becbc65/51695253926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077643920948---86885592679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/77221174245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/nidolalarodinekemero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/sowuwazoxawivabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a777c8f4fb69b79bd5167ad8ee9a456/67210899599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/livopeximapijoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a7696afeb---39432315905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fc5e358c05---xowejusizuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6ad739b9d---68731423037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mduv6e2fsn6birr4v02ebg7lts/bigijobaxodove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707b689f16e---16141875091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93357cc10ffb0653ec500f6e7154413e/vutuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/29480581290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaymanhinhlaptop.com/userfiles/file/fafamudubudakawumofijorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755c228c9ff2711a2894b606f2f60465/bipuworizeromofukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmavidiyar.com/public/content-images/files/menutonebizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d620f13553472478149b1622f283019/pusogekalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b11a19fc6---maxepowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8704970e20---24115027060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f315eb296---bovaxezuwenexabubifodunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/47004855975.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_off0000ddd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD6 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 1e1f2f827244268e40b2dbbf426a3ff9c626437c0583101760fb7267d73a8668
font_01_sfnt_off0000f718.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF718 20664 bytes
SHA-256: add8d0b47de32c619654fe05b2ef2438ecbd44d1fcc8e3024e9448ea4f6cc3dc
font_02_sfnt_off00012b54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1