Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a843f4725be29a19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:01:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d54e2bd7301ec00b08f745222a71e076 SHA-1: cbde60dddd2ac066306680d4f5d792f137f46923 SHA-256: a843f4725be29a19d2b1d56f0fb2cf1344096fbbe7a8d6984061104e8db1e91a
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 are part of link farms designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis to the URL structure and heuristic findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/retoxodedoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/95342159768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/dajirubedozewujuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7696e03ea---tawonelunotadufuxipebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balashixa.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78361760992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvegoghbfg8i8seu8jta1n6km5/degeseligonade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcrdc7uvbnj1c1vpeue0l8c2rm/43767853769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85d3eda41c65d1b76dbc10b6fe130515/zumijobemarolopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/gineboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/lipuzaxajeparawugobixusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a901dc3e5a---wodexinakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdr.friend-match.com/upload/files/karagimasekuzudevolizona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socukorglutamatmentesfuszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/silekuxosuxilajobalomadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celeb.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/xawuxuwodasarezomulazapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/gexisufuxipaxegamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60804074255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/refinabake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e6aacacb1c61da8f1f81407672ad954/morosodomisunawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1024b33be5c979f15b7a31fdbe1189/13361708747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befibaxalujigifusixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/kogapazoxomurumufuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/46888073656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g152kflk03q1a4mckbivtin4o7/vuzedopuludorisizujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=true+skate+free+download+hackPDF 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_off0000d5bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5BB 10724 bytes
SHA-256: a4be9d1e1b1be66314b05aa8295fc4ad0c49f5dd49a617105deff61e15cfb602
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE77 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 623a475cad82948af1013603c8edf0d510bbb039b26c2aa5104e47a8f5ff5cc6
font_02_sfnt_off00011b81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1