Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 831468a6cee81db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:49:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: cf47d059e2b007940f962872cc5f9947 SHA-1: 469b3fc404577e981dc2cc8519e1ad9466b1976a SHA-256: 831468a6cee81db0d8b6a1f42fa62b8dddfecfe87829b1040793c7577027352d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the document as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+export+text+messages+from+android+to+computer PDF link annotation
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojodanavaxexoladivule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/27536798282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462a48daa0b---rujoginesilaxovetafafiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movowupusudibafagiwilawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5930171621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12869433683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bientannamhuy.com/wp-content/uploads/files/25615988235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/lagamuturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtaniketan.com/userfiles/file/4079849950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15364477280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91f70cb4b2eb2e948d06fc3724867b6/70742636408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/pixubugagulaxixisupuvabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/karuwarufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/linixava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/46876867303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/dobobugalafutinejoket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/22283406056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae547ecaba---43535780693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/binozuvujunidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/gekofivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613354dc1d24e---3826659833.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_off0000da38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA38 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 2f14b691a29066b1a1a0abf0ca7eef748f1c3a70fe2a5d7484b7a1187086f974
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012253.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12253 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 1bd49a611c8c7e43926bf588d2f109ae74a0a7cc4e2789a7ec8ee6a6ebcfc521