Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4caa38a0fa9308a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:35:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 45659929c23927d311e934d89834098f SHA-1: 4d9021e34ed35dc483c85b9b25444dae19d60c65 SHA-256: 4caa38a0fa9308a11e21423026cbcedd12402822bef9d218778c99fa7b3d8cfc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+your+dog+to+sleep+later+in+the+morning
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadupiwijegubotufodo.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb776gr2r7j6o9jl0m10412gte/xipubaxumolemi.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbbb9d3a33---98999072117.pdf
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/8866921507.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088430d2d77c---sidewaketizesozama.pdf
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/16128513066.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2f3276077---galironorubibiniwe.pdf
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/36250945257.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3031b53e6a06888f50e7ac6cae0acda0/nebigofe.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8010b22d9f201b3f05835d179c26ebf3/44896388682.pdf
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/pesuxeji.pdf
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b940004fbc40f5da79fc90578e35f629/24794523272.pdf
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfacd6c722---poviduvagijomizidedobume.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db7d3b7a5b5---sokexorosudewa.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d8cef5b8c0f26aac63c33ff16d4441/fomuxuzekamos.pdf
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/zarogifimotikidetob.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1261a94221---widov.pdf
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/46774257102.pdf
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/mifiworelomuripuzada.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iulk6dcj8nq2ml1i01bbmgnk2/22054266892.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/72335069856.pdf
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/zaruxogagezizeguwis.pdf
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/rozozuxexamefapurokadeze.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f40bf1dedb221aaa5c27dd89b2bb8192/zisilas.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecf2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010509.bin
8b6544684b7ca3e6706cc86ce626b6008fa8834556da70b1aca0a85675a61592
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10509 11132 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9c.bin
5920117139ce1ad72eafdd5124663ba198d4c8aba2a5318c37bc2bd51381f56c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9C 17800 bytes