Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4e83dfc9ccaa043…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f340ab720e1badb826b92376a0e931f7 SHA-1: 7d230c8296996545dd96d4799dd1f86f950422be SHA-256: a4e83dfc9ccaa0437a8667570288a2b39178ae8b5f627d964c463f2b6772e871
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sapixaxetelazamurora.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/jabapidizofeduduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/49471032244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanticabtl.com/cms_2018_quantica/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/66886437799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/digasadejolopetife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16000654672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/62554138115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents/files/nejubozitepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a01c302b3---78846742460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134aebae81ff---17469305286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/18517505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/punofogapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/16904359505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/70597253849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://think6.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210908185305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejonhund.com/upload/91447641480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvasuwuwupoguluninako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/wixaxakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b8a4b6987---nawizuzufinepekidete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sausalito.com/wysiwygfiles/file/fenimub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anindecor.pl/files/file/27060181156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/7398518229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/likenumeruwoloxemijufoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/20912369996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303669e1165---88677232313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/paxufijafoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a7caad9283f5d9e4306385935f1f580/redumizesevoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+youtube+music+to+my+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_off0000ddb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB7 16688 bytes
SHA-256: c6a4af8a63ca0a27305b2121363dcf0c89d5806782d5ad029d3776157c448f51
font_01_sfnt_off00010895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AC 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 27d3263a4eed1db7cac57da1198814ae5b43d4d88f78fa539bd30d07bc9efd79