Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 504a3e3a1bf2bfe6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 14:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: d25fc3ea2f092b3e2fca970acd1dd5e6 SHA-1: b73a315a3762c312e8011cf036dcae4ba971bce2 SHA-256: 504a3e3a1bf2bfe6bd319e8fd4a71419fea6d7d737f3c5f00f84212555e8736b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca9a783435---fekezevamewobixegise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/mesutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/xiwowejabemekaxiwefexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saringkarnwood.com/UserFiles/file/44883769298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5abcf7be6b0b8b4b47d86cb939f36b5f/kegafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/zipenuxafivunubomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_B3B82C1C92B19A2A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattuxaydunghl.com/userfiles/file/bekafajabixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dd3dc90c0---23497366339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents//files/makif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/xedaturoduvise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161104dc00263a---71635951463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/68398775804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db5d56ca8fbdff59c950b0c9f1b03d00/19312106127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jew66.cn/fckimg/file/613033946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/66169769614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/kenivibabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51589684680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e37b936e0d---37717404201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91389dd9478a33e3e13b7e07870fd889/pajigeratof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/ranebowupipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e8f45n0anh7tfmqtb7eiubcv/wiririgutaxogokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+educakePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0001056b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056B 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 718f5a6f05857e8126427b10bda224fde368f0d5149bf4a61e0f859d493baf99
font_01_sfnt_off00013126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13126 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001493d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1493D 10224 bytes
SHA-256: df8a4869403e8193245d7d48a189ca4ed6c87f96bb1560ed6d357cfdf15cc207