Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4bc6bc47df2b171…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 14:04:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 826ca207050bc04aaef967c71fa58f4c SHA-1: 89ab3009b00776696064cd463891178496604820 SHA-256: a4bc6bc47df2b1714b0e4471ca2722b56ad8b44696028662a806b952c98471b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous URLs, including those with UTM parameters, suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+nintendo+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linojaniluroxajigusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/xilinomuzuninipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d34b879003ff53d89e4851d9014033/4970933656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fekorikanubuvozidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texebawesizewidavopawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/66984004762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64727327152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/85668909294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/38908473055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/widovakufiwemusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/tijujavavajaserikigowefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21520163588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0213362b3d55aa163421587bd2afee26/vupoforeleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/wawuzupidekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb8e867551ee9df543b38ac798716a1/kisoxesikisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/rawubobijulipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asiacoservice.com/file/files/25044035875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hko4bk9rne16vs02pdlh370r5/82400971039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpt.taipei/asset/uploads/files/95723083163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents/files/83279517572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/kunajurixabidewibojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148780e64017---zofegod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/witugazoluji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/64407354211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljczl.com/uploadfile/20210901081757803.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_off0000b0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0BC 10744 bytes
SHA-256: a3669d726e180602fa56eb287342ffdb4ce0e13923aeb424d8f73d49acaebcd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000c945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC945 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE157 15376 bytes
SHA-256: e5ba1e9ab279b92e80488a32b3ba6e582fcf83169ba1dbc5e790a08d51a021f2

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