Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4f278ca9f7a010f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-29 05:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 01e576da661d183fb2da036475d7170a SHA-1: a0d8b779d4fffe6c3b7bf4824bde1dd2ace6fd1a SHA-256: a4f278ca9f7a010f845bd1ccf651704b46f0a5eb8d8ce1a658767b4e87b575f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of 'utm_term=best+docx+reader' suggests a lure to trick users into downloading a malicious file disguised as a document reader. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+docx+reader
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/lijodub.pdf
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/UserFiles/file/40442847655.pdf
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357d9676b40---69194985251.pdf
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/63020269900.pdf
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/6745853246139e30d684a1.pdf
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/20818343838.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/26406858305.pdf
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/5575853815.pdf
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f56b033133796901b9e8879bdf351e/tiripazepoposo.pdf
    • https://rakowka.pl/userfiles/file/81753545951.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613589bc0444f---fusuxikenaragara.pdf
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/nuwinupoposibezege.pdf
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/81685500049.pdf
    • http://myepres.com/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/87295618880.pdf
    • http://rigdrilling.org/userfiles/file/22677612050.pdf
    • http://sabaispa.net/userfiles/file/27263231646.pdf
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/37111032448.pdf
    • https://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/99541236276.pdf
    • http://1472bond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/24936103201.pdf
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/duvogemokugozizaxo.pdf
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/mixaroparazazufarezasa.pdf
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/dodopuvumax.pdf
    • https://reniuved.it/file/12592882541.pdf
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/gikubuxeruvufeloxovoluvo.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_off0000b414.bin
30499260da307aa468f69e4a92b89a7aa43e9d5a353b8644c648ff7007454891
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB414 17488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e138.bin
1815d7a0cf07991819cc91691902f38fc707431745c320b9b213040f7a8f834a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE138 10276 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f891.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF891 16792 bytes