Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b8349da833a0995…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:45:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 58292e06ed9b6509f6608d16c336592e SHA-1: a5da2a6baa4dbfc0b26ac1ee5801a4ee27ec19f3 SHA-256: 4b8349da833a099597065388b4df6c27f89602b01fa15df50ac1e8cba20e5b30
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal that the document is part of a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, likely designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces this phishing-like behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202109131220171076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecoevopublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/nelovurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36311260748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/batidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/gamoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tries.cz/media/images/upload/file/kenojipawapovowebejati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e480f8c1b6ff08d670b64bf30ca81bb2/garokeraxamuvifiliwopujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210913220928316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emtracing.net/userfiles/file/72390591242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neza.cz/UserFiles/File/xikozerinogedebedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48236507560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovogugiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnig.friendship-match.com/upload/files/85618402289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/feliwogifedofotivagobadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-sanya.com/blog_images/blog_/file/soxutovebusekafere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/joxabosabetojabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396b71dc151---79476534633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefasajasukurewutezowopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzufekafamakixiwurobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxuxodugegatesixevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/163140901215304847343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398cb860f50---76155619580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beamstraffic.com/amb/userfiles/file/siralatokenefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556576e2bd6cbf98187c4341052f1236/pozapiribafumiruluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/33324466219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131e23906c9a---22647870688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=looney+tunes+apkPDF 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_off0000e1d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D2 18064 bytes
SHA-256: aa000669cb895b8bbe0cdf26a5b7b19622525f9a198523a675435adc8a26a81d
font_01_sfnt_off000110f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12907 10268 bytes
SHA-256: bae6dfdd0c42dfc9d210a9a1132dcd12d575692961d189c67c36c71531f68755