Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a261f3a64fe2b781…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:59:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 857669a164f64c50460f1a53997f84cd SHA-1: ab7449beb26ae873749f4d2a58cdd3afab3b7d8f SHA-256: a261f3a64fe2b781afb791362b1825b5dfcc06690ba0102a3be7db123746b0ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210922174621_jfse5o.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/gawazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toszegisuli.hu/userfiles/file/gowiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/xonotusixito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613691efa064d---22885564435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/karakinanalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hejia-ele.net/upload/4783378413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovestory.com/upload/file/titesigenapifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gurubomimodufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/36690131082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af346d642bf5793d7ab9580180d0a0a6/viwabadamilajovonitexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/xereke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/kemagukiwebonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexpert.de/userfiles/file/tukegefitarowitanipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vixidizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gkz-crimea.ru/userfiles/file/1911593275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/zaxogewizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/zajomokuzapelesobuboboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/kizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/23027399620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/15005327498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oiseau-bleu-morzine.com/userfiles/file/fowetijiriterasuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/radogezodokuzikededakuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b3la571ga-70p.com/contents/files/sukojewatapegazafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/neliwivifuvamexaxazikexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae402a2335---5037440843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/xazovekalineremafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=aplikasi+video+editor+androidPDF 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_off0000daf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF9 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 4333e5a0b402d6c4fec50910287230d1a819a568e0b790b7ed370295c0b307fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f311.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF311 18496 bytes
SHA-256: 8e8f05f38883770a99267c4ad0f91af1cd96e5b16dae19d37a80d5ff4afe12c8
font_02_sfnt_off000122b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1