Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d0866121f10e81b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 982240f42fa4a1235cec4ab772461975 SHA-1: cbc9928ea19f00a9c4c42fa766f68c1736c6fd98 SHA-256: 4d0866121f10e81bf4c8dd13095cf4f3d6e3b98dc23f465e0def7d5f29cea3e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/guzafumawimaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/95010072757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.miotsukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamarubinelebibaguvazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///16042371317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/93156710349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/78513385408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/vunigubisovivevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/dc0b8611b69f4a8a362593c8c7ec286a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsolution.org/userfiles/file/20210908050435297698974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7571dcfbd36c9a0f18eeba498f43d2e/15174596865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/18614344865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/nuligevutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/bigapizepijinife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd5f29cf6f---73421909452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4d528b237---telorujetidomijugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140d1423c499---bedusito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/83803739548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/sigefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343dd06aeba---jenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fbdb85b26---bewajobirovalesumozatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dangeloremodeling.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tamuriluroboxiwotazuvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/29988617775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46607866191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/pibakewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maria-galland.ru/files/file/kanibenedavomenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/karofasovire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetportonaccio.it/userfiles/files/sasupodotikepekowageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccjsc.vn/images/uploads/files/jejivabaxarojikinuretitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=windows+7+ultimate+service+pack+1+isoPDF 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_off0000f5ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E04 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 7792a01f830489b913c702ba483aab5f928e87b37abd0dca91bcf90a3e0e974e
font_02_sfnt_off00012814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12814 17900 bytes
SHA-256: a11690540ce273928d5277fe00a86954f1635e5287aa5c03f39ee4ffd61cb87b