Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ca543a1f97abc59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:11:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b184fd37a43c66bfa34732ffe8bb532e SHA-1: 5a880a358e960f9b880d1263929e809e20310bf9 SHA-256: 4ca543a1f97abc594ecee55f52e2a280a124689313ccee8dd9d4e760d5f327b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+3+english+chapter+7+question+answer PDF link annotation
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/70703250866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/9538514893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608797609bd6a---77674828789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791f061f4a---ligumirepefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igs.compcierge-asia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zewiworokokejuretez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/vemebiwikuvixulujoberuxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/95270102088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markjfox.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zogoziwodorolowoxowala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a750854fdaa2aded0afbf465f2924b3/bupojozevexowirevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706b0636370---16742641777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24640767076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2aad74ce34---kokubedikunebali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/85971615655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830083a765e---nafarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/binukevufobadetijarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/lelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12aa597131---41046243386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/bovizerujerisonijixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/79463658430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202108131219471315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqnaqv45ieqooss8uk1fqvpc9m/kesexenixanujenatiliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents/files/40398167980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/kepemolosuguxilenakinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/91856940055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/64009164547.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_off0000f003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF003 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 99fdef67aef96b3b1cbf5f49381d5e75de67ac65eeef7eb29446c2220b345556
font_02_sfnt_off00012237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12237 17872 bytes
SHA-256: d605d38cc4cebc91419a399523c061d4ac7ee67b57cada91e91288d3f7c3be91

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