Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a1528f4d623ae51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:58:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1d3ca0799b5b2b4c913062babc30594c SHA-1: ef2f08d82a33465b8320afc92558b483893dea3a SHA-256: 4a1528f4d623ae51953fa5a620e42839b45b9ed0549f06f457e20fc334e7d75c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of hosting malicious content on potentially compromised or low-reputation sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/60209470084.pdf
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71763013502.pdf
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/44985646089.pdf
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/xovukidutavuxapowepox.pdf
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/jepemavaxedefetopatutuda.pdf
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d622af01f---pagegezobon.pdf
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/rufitijekapututa.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/ronutefodudibujep.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b005bfc6af3---pesupovosizoki.pdf
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/916544509.pdf
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7f670afabd56c11cb6597a8b3892e30/wixuxumidezas.pdf
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/zozulalotekubafo.pdf
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/sekonufuwezisozojoberolat.pdf
    • https://emtracing.net/userfiles/file/26213739392.pdf
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1413ee34206700b22a56792abd8c63/95760303402.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/6024209109.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d1b4d5c5b---74440392291.pdf
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12449183024.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5320068ef8---77686589344.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20ed63a0d1---34377205328.pdf
    • http://phongthuydotho.vn/upload/files/zajupasiduborivegixuwigu.pdf
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2097276253.pdf
    • http://sxsasa.org/images_fck/file/1629049604.pdf
    • https://brickbodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nepil.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+6+formulating+strategy+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b9c7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9C7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1d9.bin
a7c48b8a90452bf394e11bb854754d7a09cf059c5a8af4b0d4561567874822c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D9 15700 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f95f.bin
1159a4ae2dca67194952906bd309f7a5ba123a7c5dea504d9b0d20eeba3cf5c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95F 11356 bytes