Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496de4b2b399e6f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:50:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5d9b18d1bd4fa9b3dd26b5a8995194ec SHA-1: dbd0bc12ea1628edcc6246f8ca909f2dc649f0a1 SHA-256: 496de4b2b399e6f99b81d4d22d00b94f245348ca9d187571467af55f85080c6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or further malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL heuristics strongly suggest a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://medtek.vn/storage/file/lezosidovalotula.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6aac289a81---powibipagizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/771970134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d428f5a381c248ece844c32c584eab/raxuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609071f7a90d2---ribasurobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071994e3702d---vusubogunomesezidapafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d31b8a78feefaeb08b9da8abf9dd91fd/52891158753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/68724750895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/vifumijuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094688635d90---kerosegeduzunafaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b7792f0152d868f102c7c906238c9e8/70159773088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cbb3e1a05---xesidulabokugedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/79237467580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b890d90a3---wagotutufovimejutazofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gccfmn3a9aej81b30h3p4kjfvf/barekafegukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6d8c15fb6---84454565885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/zogelekosoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ghi8c5u0n8scre1plr8chjda/wenisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/pejukowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074516cba041---vefasogumuwifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5a2735003---27378833552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/18601270255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/bagovogutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/48195004337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8d59m6onuqietsb5v2o34lle1/piror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/kaxoregopavupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dance+me+to+the+end+of+love+lyricsPDF 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_off0000ba59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA59 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 9997d393db2431ff442d13bbd24ebc82243baeb41ccd2545b6f31d1388e9a7c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000d376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD376 15940 bytes
SHA-256: 922b1259041176a72a74ee678151a655c9bb36ed68cf1a317099e7862543474b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fced.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1