Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a93f43294120efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1f78e87496574597727a6ff278472bda SHA-1: 30c3562bd1a06667c34327f0306af298433f6952 SHA-256: 4a93f43294120efb0261c8e56d1068ffc890e4066df855354d1d585ef964cdd5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tomemegogamo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/93078910536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/24563237577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87635712577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319995a085a---45171216839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/72850554175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/dofokivalaropelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyediajandekotletek.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/rixomabaponezevezuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2fc1d1ee---2945213360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/81454368826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/jelikedunupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/lerisexumuzopegabajijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/89320910970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vozilasavozacem.rs/files/5734058778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/nijizojikomozunobufezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/sobujapuponezebidedukogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/dotinugevazenabatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewowovelutofilufoxivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horvathortho.hu/tmp/relodidodeliwanupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/20132366656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd65628827---99369122618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e79c990d4c3d7515513fe7d6b512b1ca/81818030274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konteshamamotu.com/userfiles/file/51612760609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/70929637993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.saktoon.com/userfiles/files/xororajanosupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+resolution+of+a+video+in+androidPDF link annotation
    • https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=663046&s=76fbdbe26ba76d797b28ff628dcee115&p=51008In PDF document text
    • 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
    • https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=663046&s=76fbdbe26ba76d797b28ff628dcee115&p=51008In 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_off0000e25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25B 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 4ca5e2eedbebc4c0d9ffad0a5fb2a20db1678a9184f995a8465e1f88f10ff3ac
font_01_sfnt_off00011259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11259 11000 bytes
SHA-256: cdaa8fc3ec0a5e1db3a2b233b832546fbf4102cbd6d0fe7185ed59f94aad95d0
font_02_sfnt_off00012bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1