Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 497c07078000444f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 06:30:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 522e1acb5dfdb2d766c7d3b1d89252dd SHA-1: e03bd59ece81b2f6be2f1923ca1ce64f6ceb15f4 SHA-256: 497c07078000444f507045c25095104a3634e21170aa6ec1f4e09e3d6ea59201
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites that host further malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c952ccd25d---sitijuzofexasopiru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/lexosuramujakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///pujumobezeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ad628117---terakekogekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/88216533322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f8da4e2e2---fazezefubalimuwobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28338341a881e7755e00c4ed136d38df/dexexuwezukatipujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fexukirevofatogasuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kuleruzekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd7703b01b---zulekaxekipupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/78203056011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/fisajipaperidilirebazupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/xazutepaworurerekeribax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797a3a4ad69---1932275348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca2g16f2lmc728mpad49870h2/texirexelibuvupupuloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88b82dd93c68d4b99a22b2302624b1d7/34891991769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da7aee84301---41279727234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092692a5708c---kibitapazezexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glin8sf8q2j0l3al7sffvv5c68/woweziminivodivawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/725eera897rfifr2fvha93ks14/25614842544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/380b97b4cb3a73319efb508f48eb0172/94896872801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a25d9b669---69635579451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0354fedcba---96623660562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/902ec7fcc81e7c78a7f9a5e5891cb8e7/26897486836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d53ff08708f---lalijovanekonenogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=civil+service+reform+act+of+1978+summaryPDF 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_off000120b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000138c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C2 16628 bytes
SHA-256: e642357eff3263dac77a0e2d141f156dd0e83697f78a602c1e54c7ba64c4642c
font_02_sfnt_off000163ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163EC 11180 bytes
SHA-256: b03bf6ad7919b7469addcf2ddf709ebc4c43f0093acb92829e0a13bc313db6c7