Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa5f3dadeccdc9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 03:52:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 611eaaca9a0c00df90e07742714cfd96 SHA-1: fabf8497a95bb1bcf0dbcef3814c224d74160380 SHA-256: 4fa5f3dadeccdc9c2f08201d2381eb71d5e1efbf2ecf901965c5565af1bc026b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=get+free+instagram+followers+1k PDF link annotation
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27921611355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/japiwizisovixexosijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/nijofisima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/xoradizixugodadogefive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwemfjhjk.friend-match.com/upload/files/45279864084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326f7d3adb2---makag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artin-intranet.com/ckupload/files/51609031893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3ed7ae348---64112437453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refipawuvuxawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210905001316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nasledie-sluck.by/var/upload/file/kozenabedugatebaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viktorina.ledoritulys.lt/files/nasilekixugubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43258630080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganport.pl/userfiles/file/96083473669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrofurnitura.by/elax-furnitura.ru/uploads/files/nusolojuzixedalaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/dazamemegiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/77645370103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8rpapkg463u19nl8chqpffgg6/vikawewire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139304b35b29---sidobipigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/kusuvaramurosukasijije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912074638578842.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_off00010d1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1F 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 559c3fff1aa297fbcfd2e241ac98fda64b61b1e6c039d75327618b265e51a9c2
font_01_sfnt_off00012638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12638 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 5db8c6efa5f942d3ad8047c6f6970296cb5fd09928b11bc9aca3670d29834e02
font_02_sfnt_off00015691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15691 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1