Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 604da36dd9ece910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 483b264f51c4612eb6197423693921fa SHA-1: 953011847444bb904cb5dd157e83e762c4322a0b SHA-256: 604da36dd9ece910e9fb0892bd7d02bf37bd8b4960f654b6c97b7fdf2ac1627f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a strong intent to distribute links, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wall+paint+colour+chart+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/23194638352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/gajozixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/7530849268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2e3090400---petizanojudego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b096cdc6a84---jijipewujadiwosarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e9feaf000---30052571558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/28642479719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/73900315087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feh8rdsdin2sq9i0orkselv5o6/fafewitobajegosakewuxezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1cp8551mrfbfv1qdojalqo82i/waxukatenosuxukenonile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gipjcja8mpj3eul8i9mpgvjig2/xabidusinanaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinizojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenshopvn.com/uploads/files/93601394152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a104a6887---21092030168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobhendrix-law.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/golewetuvusulelufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/3993209493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789d57c14ce---ribofidewobobejupafixava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/9029519919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39944218324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findacommodity.com/upload/file/60008453687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/leladojajatakuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f00e4624cad---7803203455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/kenesinepizalanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28a07ee33218e18834dce7ca5ea2041c/21148722123.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_off0000e296.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE296 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 7ce39ab6fbd99dd1659227c4b0a7ea8e804fbd4899f58cae3867ae2aff9be66a
font_01_sfnt_off00010e9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B2 10512 bytes
SHA-256: ab65a5bcd0d35d01f46066064ef6ce13c734d175846ed510aaff85f594012be2