Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f7d34ac39cea5f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:46:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6d309589c17926c056d05a5e1154dbbd SHA-1: dc57e448b96d1d41020c974d63a8007cacafc28d SHA-256: 4f7d34ac39cea5f6da0df3178ffc29053dbc36095de988744c90b1442a8103a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bone+in+mouth+under+tongue PDF link annotation
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d99fa7af23f2b55a380df6db77485eeb/24080297775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5su4g7u7jjh3tl4ps94ach3g6/36929332467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/sobogulole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/14793799313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hk9dic7knh6al2urlr3vv5aia/33188667449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/87956382891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/8758414041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37ae49d0546c8ce6a8c156cfb954d1ae/vugamilinoxuduloritut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/buwugawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6ba21c930---2384874474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf6529635---73407761458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e653acff6---45929345193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c6a55cb9c5bb373a2ab8c6bfa50850/6246359736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebrownsfamilyreunion2008.com/clients/81208/File/gosuvinuzubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/ragojeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/06/file/45789486121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/5302405594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dc874f764---68415435748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/nikidowajosukosirevanibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tamenofumuboxulabemafiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/vivopukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vasetuximedulakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/13811618222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/23421761865.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE8 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 4617aa40d958e0fbe12fc623a78c23f7877136844ed638e2118807987d6ed410
font_01_sfnt_off00012bb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB1 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 98bcec2be85b547d266a48c61dccc50816b624367bf69e2f194f2b8087d010f5
font_02_sfnt_off000140f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15909 10472 bytes
SHA-256: c7a41382863d7b4265f6e7f5bb66ddeda0a08c71bffcee9d12c592203809a798