Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d591213131ab82e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:04:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9eab5de140b2c188b71778d74307b114 SHA-1: 441a9e2e7d19875f8bd054c79c0cf90029fa1dce SHA-256: 4d591213131ab82e515da4ba539582220a9f86bc1dcd6fd588933b216c5c5b8b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of 'utm_term=spy+mod+apk' in one URL indicates a potential intent to deliver spyware. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spy+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355e8df3c00---gowazamoremam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/ginezunimagodipebigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458423d658e---lefalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sua.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/mamalagizusijasubijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/3611765335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57945442259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strelnicebudejovice.cz/userfiles/file/26321915019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-roubenky.cz/UserFiles/File/napufidavixinuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/50061926954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ccd1ec09e2d8f0336a2181077da7fc/tazovilogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161464d716b1ea---57771854204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natinsel.com/imagenes/file/lujoperurowesonotukopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikunjfoundation.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56324238367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/49791489632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d37f3560b41c2c59652d0932f6bcfd7/79783222025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinners-party.de/media/file/49762982261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/goretalokidedidalomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-9/file/bexataguxosapixogisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30777776911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/66330026920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/20714298514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/49074329021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450969b014b---jagixebevoputalowikelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majstrissmt.eu/www-data/file/wusurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/24801342762.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_off0000e3b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCF 10096 bytes
SHA-256: cfbeaa6c1fb994fb6abe1a7212e1beec4aa5901a64868a8e70bacbb40dac0a09
font_02_sfnt_off00011252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11252 19456 bytes
SHA-256: ca5882c9a32b6a8b02202bd99b350b5489cb2be47dd31c680f564723947eeb64