Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8446c96db8e5382e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-28 13:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aaa16189b27041251916eecfe7c4281d SHA-1: 729175b1ef5cfde6d380fe27a1801056ee0c7097 SHA-256: 8446c96db8e5382e790f81371d48f13d41ebfa331e5dd6ac8306d3f8cbd4dcec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous URLs, including those with UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to drive traffic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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=sinus+infection+vertigo
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/dezex.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426b77cb1ad---lisod.pdf
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/refofazexoxugazakidumuli.pdf
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/vekumorukokikafagimafodi.pdf
    • https://reha.bg/content/upload/file/41964158490.pdf
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210915143306_mkwdgj.pdf
    • http://meta-min.com/files/petiberumufopaxozaxekope.pdf
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/sevekagime.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b0fc0c48e2---rovidowolitedowe.pdf
    • http://potya.com/pamatarabowowoweb.pdf
    • http://ig-einheitsloks.de/medien/file/daviguredaru.pdf
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91380549782.pdf
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/89436065598.pdf
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikotodozegafazazi.pdf
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents/files/xozirazibevun.pdf
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/sazes.pdf
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/55960075363.pdf
    • https://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifafabigerebewejaget.pdf
    • http://stavebnevyrobky.sk/www/upload/files/saxatavujakefukivaxoj.pdf
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/65255875468.pdf
    • https://hklh.vip/data/attachment/file/78118639340.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614958baa7165---59715407347.pdf
    • http://caycanh.vn/images/fck/file/jajolisufuwosogo.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151baa3d0cdd---keniwugedikitavojejud.pdf
    • http://stimatacasa.eu/userfiles/files/feliweju.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b49f.bin
deb8dc02d1a211b8959c42479bec6360e08ec957a1f0f393a152fb8720aaf726
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB49F 14688 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d98a.bin
9103c767f77c405266e6c142e092d49d10a8a14111d359d748dd02f2bd292d8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD98A 10544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1b7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B7 16792 bytes