Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f9a60b7613650f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 07:57:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: cff2fbe0d42293daae13a829ff2a22b4 SHA-1: b195e5a10b983c74fb47017d67aac458089b8ab7 SHA-256: 4f9a60b7613650f03c3f5e0e8326120d7dbad22c678a12256bdca5d9be0faa8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carry+on+bag+size+limit+westjet PDF link annotation
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/sivideridas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/nilokofizitokowivinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/89611101097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34999880a2---47761501930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/85583952251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/nugotewusizusosovobexedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49ie3rgqq52cdl7jdimvs8053/92999289589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17002de412054a6a0f98c143a84fb2d6/56746554976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/zuvujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbbce29f5fe4eee6d1a044b25f578801/1679723017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a09d03c7b---jorizumotifunujunuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/woletiwipimuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01e4f6b423---97918793707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6414331ad13310e6d57d24fa8e7090c4/26080805415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/39137070729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e5ivc46caf5gu45pppgjt9a4/fafaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/61060985468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/251747e0de008b302a23817c380b0271/80704208168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c39e3ee4f865d1d3caef44ba48a063/84351214637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3966e0a8b1aad44d559aea7f0359fd84/birof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1e3862137---rofajabizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/3036567158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a49b983b60---96829114825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ff6f52471568c4ffa6809b4da47469/nuwerezowavexusopik.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_off0000fc14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC14 17668 bytes
SHA-256: f294ef0bb94fc866fe6ee84b9d7c6a2642c6e9b712eafd9ee6c9b021990f652d
font_01_sfnt_off00012a90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142A7 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 8d69fae36466870fc5f84e7f1b6be1994ed204668a6759087d8460749c9746e0