Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b546b18026e7695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1fe588513434efefa3acb49a66bfd227 SHA-1: d347b440c8a71f2ef9a2e7070c1ae01cca6bd620 SHA-256: 4b546b18026e76951036868a45b600981ac34671e82b66a693abbb6464d37ea2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm designed to obscure malicious URLs, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using embedded JavaScript to facilitate the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/sejuvugigaduminov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grnca.org/img/files/files/meputenido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75093611698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021091319224983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/zamazaledigajagefopitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.dnsaktif.net/upload/files/fukosanubovebeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahrek.com/userfiles/file/xizopikutojafomuratosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89003705112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/gikevunaluparolakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oa30us.com/userfiles/file/niwelafiwabepumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettogeometra.it/userfiles/files/83453566733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142da2ab212f---50035638230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/504c552c16175b2b4b6124b41bda7859/nirexazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netpage.info/userfiles/file/xarowofeniris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/13401057684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridapenegewuxudetukipirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ags-car.60km.com/upload/files/gazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najuzudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131642041cf1---19347102316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swvocal.com/data/se2/file/31109432625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/4907596916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/gilimisitebofepelipanorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/sowapixuritefazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/derajusujukidazuxaxives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weshare.vn/attachment/files/89674014393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/98135549709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=all+mod+apk+storePDF 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_off0000de82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE82 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 333c82984673585b07abc06e76dd5b8f1711b5b8f540e992cac7b870fba42dc2
font_01_sfnt_off00010b89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A0 10432 bytes
SHA-256: ecfb62aab3b666ed1ba87e813c6b8f50b5b95fbc25998000c825d3089422bc0f