Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 494112d260905ce8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 923efebbe16c49d5e6aca8a9b0da9508 SHA-1: a156d73579291c7d518372166d8cd1f432641cf8 SHA-256: 494112d260905ce819fce8821c9de4e4a53dbd909b584a084cfff34b6b8516c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded URLs further supports this, indicating the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful external content.

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nordlands+trompet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/lusefilevuvidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/guvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varopuvegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/jipavevupugesoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/jorateku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/66788047113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/72757738383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/57723121884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d8d4a0a816e640f61fbd1619402c6c/devukapowipulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/noxugevexawibetokalowur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogbchurch.com/clients/880797/File/defuxaveposapapubasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ca7568dd30ef3a2b5e0300c2eff15bc/4597885523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelarombiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/10585351016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/vogifudesoteganamini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f73020ca040---bejosibokaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b3e31cca2---36153199347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c689dcdc3---kapagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/wufebufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfdfdeb33d---48228960843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/tomimufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/80947558720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olivier-frey.ch/user/web/file/buvoraboxowazuvinukimida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/wasujiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/81654779820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/nexuposadux.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_off0000d905.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD905 10544 bytes
SHA-256: bc4021e0a74cf075b6a4da4c89c47c41c9bb7897ac90eba18705f46dc874c3b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF109 18856 bytes
SHA-256: e83b6c420754ddb6ca2ec87dcf952443914571d50d44421d51a0a940507924fe
font_02_sfnt_off000122a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1