Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 498c3707c2bdd014…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:08:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 55f66b1e856da71b234e0a7f77bc54d2 SHA-1: 28fb46f70547297b892836dab26325797d028c85 SHA-256: 498c3707c2bdd01403c3091619fa9b767e8c949d7ef0853df23fca211a0ef46b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a malicious PDF, as confirmed by ML classification and ClamAV. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF's structure indicates it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially harmful content hosted on various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/pelivamogoruxesuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/62693196128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/fepogudimudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanefawozedejadivuguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f57aef0b5---forobutegugofubafifawivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/46102727309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768c56ce6c---75604691250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e2a35ef6c02e6508fa70f41e69a17b9/niwimatudoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d01d99aeecadcf4f7d70b7d2e06de4c/gonaxigozeweburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bc93a2d568a8b0564cb6f900004723b/71326232831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/44392060174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14415163348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/nupenonotukaguvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609094a844e54---dajiwogujanot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijadazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52e17fcc594b198e26f69ef396639c1/40788978055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbac03664f052ad22af1ec47c5f45c53/tavokonolusali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/11341684287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de884e20d0---43055709260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/pipuzisovojotajifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julietlandau.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/xulebojokoxejolexaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/94071549259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/buxidoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/pisisimebetosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogekujesubigojoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=facts+and+figures+fourth+edition+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_off000102d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE9 20372 bytes
SHA-256: c5d63e00f00912ca0ee63c93997cabad166a74b44f64da0ba40591a9852ee6ac
font_02_sfnt_off00015117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15117 10932 bytes
SHA-256: cb7c7e9b4f33c00bef22c13ad1b8e6ba69fd2a16a51624eba7678cecb2d72d85