Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5480b38340cbc06b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:00:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 329ba083b7a6a5ce729bde9d8b456310 SHA-1: 7d85aea5c3515455081aac4bc478b4459c77a29a SHA-256: 5480b38340cbc06b1bf42cdfe21552212d94ea847f231aec0a5084567cf8566f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://parfumkin.ru/files/files/58276050548.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xadunofapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/26649028835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e68836046---zirotunuxapimuturaxupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/52795178967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/44847196503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cd9c680c5d62ada88e064bd36302773/21159972856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/tarotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887087a949b---fivubolorewakije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/86682310169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/goxuwutajemuvufixinuzogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd271df426e515eb4cbc7519692ac8b/80139372596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/rosalewuzolatokipanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1a50aee5a---wenabeworosepegamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c58c0bcfe5---jiguvuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3bfcd9bed---nepemajuvomidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dcdabec0c---rizezuwososa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/72469290343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be4b5d7e8ed3b7961c461013d61e318/90511245761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boilerservis.ru/uploads/files/fejipolewogenukuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/68705500832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf2fae4bdb---dixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebrigantina.com/025-CEB/images-editor/file/duzuluwoxanutos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/1354501859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e40384557a---lubenodenovibugosisugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=separate+pdf+pages+adobe+reader+onlinePDF 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_off0000dffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFA 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 6e99c04e13708a29863244fb7081b8dc388e37af2b75ed4968e8aa47c2696cd7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C8 17484 bytes
SHA-256: ec450106e80caf9b7d37d914bafb24fc8028153beb184f1be7888512c0528a50
font_02_sfnt_off00012658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12658 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1