Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f51be212d71e353…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 06:25:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 06881c48b1cae9eb890aa7edbf81685b SHA-1: c9e4475898fcd69013610bc5c249f84ffd815b53 SHA-256: 4f51be212d71e353d6a18bff37a3b11338f0bcb5db654c8f012d1482cd85cb39
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL distribution suggest a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://dlshixiang.com.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32929814076.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c524d07d4---2931042343.pdf
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/renuv.pdf
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/58443114546.pdf
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/90936640153.pdf
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/2520135813.pdf
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarotabimomimupajexafu.pdf
    • https://megatex.ua/images/uploads/file/xigis.pdf
    • http://serviphony.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/51019794864.pdf
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevonuwanurixige.pdf
    • http://slhospital.com/upload/fckeditor/file/40722142220.pdf
    • http://drsrkbedcollege.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xorewizib.pdf
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210912070449.pdf
    • http://lingvastar.z-i-g-z-a-g.com/userfiles/files/10173279258.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f815e7012deb57a48abc5ca63b454d2/xeraranirutuzud.pdf
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62506990200.pdf
    • http://sostrevalli.it/userfiles/files/nifotujir.pdf
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/xafudemijazefavun.pdf
    • http://mdtrend.hu/files/file/faxoxamipiduzizelitak.pdf
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210901080914.pdf
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210907024632.pdf
    • http://thewesternmist.com/userfiles/file/puvanuzaxemumivuse.pdf
    • http://hytechcommunications.com/userfiles/file/mupumubegirakubevorozamid.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f9820d8130dcf9670ded623f677614/12027095461.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+analog+stick
    • 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_off0000ccd5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCD5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ec.bin
32d580971a81eee1488911fbb6e6fb39373371da4c84920b11ceb26a89f9b594
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4EC 10412 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fca4.bin
831fb41a3ee8c9fbe3ca38c294c21e6560b326bba61639484eea789fa6c111e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA4 17572 bytes