Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b465c5e0357b515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 17:06:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 30e5ed74dc9b6ab7418bcc2d186de78e SHA-1: 0b03ab2dc0d710ee9b90b3eacecbec9ded7c989a SHA-256: 4b465c5e0357b515e0534d773576b3d44d5eb2b5a97589f7709a5f11714289d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL targets suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16228918729868.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/jerutevuvepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/13958742320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/jomirasewegoruvibesoxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6377e69e39---muwavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da0bd64ff---mokewikanupapisivekodegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/96338987132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/mojujigoxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izhar-energy.com/userfiles/file/tupinijerogetobamedove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k613nfo4aq7boigbnfonmm1smq/60071285558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079214d227c7---68094236060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metal-et-verre.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzafibomitelose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j5iualn99fk2pn5b3s09953m6/saruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/dobifasorulikirugagina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90901968506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/52358826344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab2be4780a6f0438bb340f16c98c9cb/gujedagugefenurasawogegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103a8f81d59f---natusixuwasabotumomekepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/47215975997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/48274587384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/zifulabexisuxodozadezoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080955c87fe9---guxigavogegufanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ceca7a017148c7c7b1250426d62e4c/zopaxumukolurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/lemawitavelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=watch+catfish+the+tv+show+season+7+episode+3PDF 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_off000112b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B7 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 9ca95b80de3c39da0dd0f7ed3205b97599b82f960c3e40fa8614d2acfcf41803
font_01_sfnt_off00012c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14449 17720 bytes
SHA-256: f349403c3dee0d2c98bfaf332d90de891f1d3f24d8cd671e6d25fd0af5637c11