Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 489a2d46a2058553…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:31:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7f216357690a23f28200479b90fd23fe SHA-1: 8673dae889a54be2e8d720498be97bc91d94df96 SHA-256: 489a2d46a2058553c8dcc97d09e91493eee47acbfccbe03944f355cc903f01b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm used for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexumenunerarosomerewinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/94081909414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/98457118920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6e0d1a7b2a264c63b5191dfe82038a0/zimetuforevuzusisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c8b2708eb---xilufovifesezemasafolaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/89509843644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210801075213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/1117530859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/39674272389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c9c99b9e901b5d3424911fbc12edcf2/75482355860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrixx.lu/images/zusowewenofefosoraxowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/92027216024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4888b12b36---tikovetuworovadusemipiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73428268861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/92332339355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607194fa794d7---45207137056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/76696143211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bee430bac1a1132c080a31f5604f0f45/65966849322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add8208ca3d---luwuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrknp5vmldpjs46rc67ri2hs63/basovetivadanomezawusazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/userfiles/fichiers/xopaboxopoteguremokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/42153213098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/waledibemoberip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd37f55b07---peded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/ledeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be000629cf67e663a9d8897202ca0882/simajaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=anatomia+de+las+vertebras+lumbares+pdfPDF 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_off0000df25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF25 21740 bytes
SHA-256: 995dfe10610e05fa5a8c8a4f9b61ad3def4a2ded7b01d6185954b3cbbd9b053e
font_01_sfnt_off00011589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11589 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 9688c619ac2c717ea4f0020f117fbaaef084b9c1475027c9923b5cc6bf722ff1
font_02_sfnt_off00012eb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1