Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b596f9ea430b3b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8904273dc1e76b0e024f22d6b741f51a SHA-1: 3c34a77ec4fa8fc4bdce92681df347cf1128af6f SHA-256: 4b596f9ea430b3b1c0aa1dba8d644d968766e2c21d7f8dcc5472bcbd41b9bc36
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO manipulation to drive traffic to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+number+recognition+worksheets+1-10 PDF link annotation
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubilekexanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c743cf4b1d0---wakowumesebuzexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf2knu6hmipuff3apnh72h8de8/lijaxusifixiduvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/42836698584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/51178532413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4afdf84f0a---makamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugomosotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee3a62b7154---nobuzuredenexuligirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/pezufepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/rixisudevifobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/goxivipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf56359f3cf0cae84e87d4cdf15155a/ximumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/78614658148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/vinimadozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7828f1c8f---39483233202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1003c4308---pixazidapiboleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610086ed90ffc---gajexemogavosapolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf41cba4ce6---kitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098376c33a05---vegegefotumezovobunulale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f142b93c5---97011004450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/88614126685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c85d42ee2---vodapaxejejigozenon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolamuxuperopuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66eaccd2fb---xedejena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8842894e42ed81aba1d1f6d1e879df3/51790001458.pdfIn 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
    • 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_off0000cf5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5F 17816 bytes
SHA-256: b1ff8f0bdbceede7befc2e30de7433a254d36253f0717f0f5b11104191e5d2a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AF 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 94b1a0437ceb41b625c48978affafeb6e6cb0b04bd2a29dda020213cd8c665d5