Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 498111d54d900c13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 722f73ab5e50f471242937f65c67b8cb SHA-1: 3bd49c23683690873f99a303bdc48897c23d4432 SHA-256: 498111d54d900c13cdb5820648bfda2482aa73b8a148c0f191534b914cdbcd56
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, including one using a raw IP address and another hosted on a compromised WordPress site. The presence of numerous links and the nature of the hosting suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9109e2c66---19839671020.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/vedisosupaxipaduxajoginut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/15869790793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cb30cd2e5ce87768d70cc97047119c/10756193892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/nutaparuzubimatolesobosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hightopeducation.com/cms_uploaded/file/wewejulugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40470450531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/19664983629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0258a10c2125a3e1b87b94aa50eb4014/43425265439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56193603767.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/61937580544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/5163240962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613154ee6611d---galegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sledovani2.gpshlidac.cz/www/userfiles/files/rusagiwejovepijapokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/pitubuvunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/25711990922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favevodelujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/suvadokefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59942480778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/20952837117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/73234289739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/58337835136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+village+city+sim+mania+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF68 19684 bytes
SHA-256: c99005090cc866e5cb07d140db3de46bd758eaf0c4f0e635bebd98d8abe1f1c7
font_02_sfnt_off0001137a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1137A 11132 bytes
SHA-256: b3929c386884c9044cc737ca6f8bc46e8eb492188ed21c9857ead5838693610f