Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4db4bb78e8e6a821…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ea94dd4beb32628dda981b1fd1a0929b SHA-1: e6f38e3b8920f9f229209e705e8baa81cc18e115 SHA-256: 4db4bb78e8e6a8216be44f9936d71c69b87fb96c64cb3a3cee4a1edf4b19fb66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, likely via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=suffix+that+means+tumor PDF link annotation
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7noks4mavgpc42oj4n6mgv601/pujowasonexonutiperij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/56331409514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d50977134ff6de60ddc646c0e5b3f51/1596081071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d63aceccb---42232785295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/risunerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae6710f1f5---nozigeworumegajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c217cb07c---83977584694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ig93e23mp671q7bt394k9ld1/37558818615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150117_235145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/415115081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/nutituzapavolene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27845859159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c67b21628a---20034996056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16075fa78b515f---7396020138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lt1c0jfm7bgl0gb924es4sa97/14366966252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/19039552711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0754cc862b---83524659105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/wisoreferelulanewukopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbd64d88b2---85131187875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9505f93718---junubawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20fenp5j3jggf7p96afat56n02/53243408004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/4730440695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/56814634785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e228e732f0---mijafopesego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ac1d90e96---79646490572.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_off000158e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158E4 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 4e51724c8ea6930415ff8043e813a9e3ca1a6d2f932354d357ae3060d97244ce
font_01_sfnt_off00018624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18624 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 78aeb64b4c2211b0ec84f028651d3c7890ed757ba2413b5a54bdc12d58141a98
font_02_sfnt_off00019e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1