Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d81d811a4335a3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:13:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 642b001c2ed150341d0bbbd41cd87b47 SHA-1: 617ad29bc55244ed0211c5c266ff45c6317f3753 SHA-256: 4d81d811a4335a3f900e827af88e4810b4e6b34ad33fb6b224ce9ca03ca7523e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are flagged as disposable or potentially compromised. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/32546779768.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/sazek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yas-center.ru/userfiles/file/wojesusolutevenanages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/medapuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/xapudenufexusukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/75707042698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/51758206560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/matazubobugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmsone.com/eimages/file/98288405540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d43a856919a487c40de5708614ba12f/nemiziruloragup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/62333346571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143fd46097c1---bozaforomagoruvuruziganuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/29346831330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumsad.org/img/editor/image/file/51012944167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galaxyjewel.cn/uploadfile/files/wavirifumireruzikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/buxotafafuwasunaluzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf15cfa3d7ac120d5f18c8d3a6c8c6b/96132355366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ensky-chemical.com/upload/files/jujejerel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/kapasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iimranchi.ac.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/82022911014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notuwagexorajanawupixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/gobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/piginagefijuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/zigimokuzupokusidiveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotypsy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1737180316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ae100912c2---bonuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/1839498833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=100+more+things+every+designer+needs+to+know+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dc2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC2F 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 7334f4aa503e055751f0658199915e5a838396f69ae35e5c0fe6687a5f34b4f1
font_01_sfnt_off000109c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D9 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 325de3e77c15607a267890d8f9cdfdea238b565c872e8c917f5338c607c9d6c9