Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 649461bd6f6f5a62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:58:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 93bed559562a8644c16cceb6c6af0da3 SHA-1: b5a178d4967d9d66ae0217ac9e08196f08e08b4a SHA-256: 649461bd6f6f5a62a909b6dfdfb6568e6775b36da7771755ca070d836a6e348b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document functions as a link farm, likely intended to lure users to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sales+and+distribution+management+by+havaldar PDF link annotation
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/jujedagilubopus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/37030905072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/ditedejoxenukebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dispensapertutti.com/userfiles/files/xukibuloxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/52745861220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonguyenhoang.com/img-chamthi/files/72608402930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/zajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///vadunewoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents/files/gifabokulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_37C0836FC15D5F4D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rovetco.com/userfiles/file/83976585845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f919f0f2c8---26466994103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef11442cdcb9b0fb68d9a4d7e4bd13fc/91099617880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1a968f159---fuwakuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/2965821151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/gufejasonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24820869117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kovelowiratirafomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131587685709---xarukatuzatosogofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb101cdd68---dojenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage4.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/zajazemugodupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194e4e9b33a659c165c446b91ad28e1d/86382475709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oipipleszno.pl/userfiles/file/piwixexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/94462803929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfasttv.com/uploads/files/butuxufesinobom.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_off0000e895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A7 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 62420edf195dabc3ebfb41743a582acba54e6f027a88386e1ae0328bb6b4c56d
font_02_sfnt_off000130f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130F0 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 8061a03024bbe0a009516d6987166e29baa136c8272c0e7c59d55c70ebbc90cd