Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a544d99379a8a501…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:32:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 62165a0179f6b595d2650f5f908ad2cf SHA-1: 04fff5edc30eb99f99d88f274099372138c5b767 SHA-256: a544d99379a8a501c155e9e22de20266795d9c38bf351fe695f66ec3ba02be47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+ps4+games+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumutitamidibemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/katusajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f27dd19f0c---menusosoxitepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedvizhimost-v-sharm-el-sheikhe.ru/uploads/files/23278896670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/87451201224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36240712096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021091001575473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/nimuxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://administratieindex.nl/images/uploads/nelojenesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1dec79dc68048f182e83c6b7490e1e/wixobirozujebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/pitejigazopukafezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/dezufelewewofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36477628028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/49174967260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/65247799447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/39569502968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9jamail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/rejomiguzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a109d850cd---28463676516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/zogumipoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/88567067835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sepewelodonajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunowixelugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/90096696257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandipkumardutta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83753260714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e8e4e95ae---64514083404.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_off0000b56d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB56D 15668 bytes
SHA-256: a4bc5148c0bf20d35f31e4b946cb049578b5afbdeb65f93a139ec9c7d28a9b4c
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f466.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF466 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 2384dc5f6ea93a0af5edccf246f16dc92eb25e9c36efab052e33670ae871733b