Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a881e3b29c4ba89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:03:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 20190556308534c0afac39b4341bc66e SHA-1: 4289141574be3bf656ffa45fa47759640011c3c4 SHA-256: 4a881e3b29c4ba893b97128c35cf75d082f142bfb7b5c58fae23d23cd18cbaaf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or appear to be compromised CMS uploads. One heuristic specifically flags a link farm pointing to raw IP addresses, indicating a potential attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/8242246342.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/7841970104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39892779752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613527aead023---notawezexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/66574018516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/17487706804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202109011026356004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48118384772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.instalacionescueto.com/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88669717814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/4589262159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammerchor-lindau.com/file/gefepimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346c16a9e45---nimegibowujodaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/sepodizebavepakize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/nolunoboxivifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25435832712.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/dexubaxugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/354863469aa94a0c5525d507a677bb8e/xaxabutenakutetirivoxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/jidapozemubemutoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7343261062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/29901470037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujajejofexekilefatavekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369fc6eb5b5---80293484038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136878229fd8---24081152366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/xexezexoluvuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=mayor+of+casterbridge+summary+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_off0000da14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA14 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 3906d6eaea9d7901fdb55f4abc37391368a8b9010d8e4759b74da7ed56807cb2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DE 15864 bytes
SHA-256: a1e8c98b7cc0859dfa09dfa5ee0a3e5e821d04f2316200fa99cff61bcdb428fe
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1