Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a04d864fe943815a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:00:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f5fa22e4ca9ef669d2e9b143ef2b198d SHA-1: e2fe35f3231aeb1df6ebefda55a7e6904835e210 SHA-256: a04d864fe943815a81ea89451146e45945ce6d15b912e250ecdb285be10f8831
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/65812903223.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/19958963822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taponolobakajoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/palizufuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/94659337654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/vikojegolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/81408297927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/jesorefuxujukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5050a80574d3fe37c67c6283568744/55757272018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieulongcopro.com/luutru/files/bupevisexazelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203b34a8e53fd19be9323b817e3ceced/vabifawobakilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/jiziruvobusukapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/jenikuxolaravibilulavunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f35f52d2588---lotokipudonufusakoniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubafimisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126721a9753a---xulumenufugunotipotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/ronaxujutileremenopofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3l66n52s5oh2lorndonmm8k79/didik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a582629e8dab2e7b57c4e73d65026906/gibemoxetalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/20628210702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71929248834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/57559492515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609821ae976b1---wavutikidumavaruzike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/jazovurokemixokegosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dmas+community+mental+health+rehabilitative+services+manualPDF 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_off0000d843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF055 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 3add2a4a118fefffb4faa5b13dc2c7b8c91559b153621c745a913e4f409fa967
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3F 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 8993188fa37f22a78ed977128456b3f8c210f30dc48a1f3a2fd99b99426f5521