Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad808c8dab5b6a96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 22:09:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4c6d09e69be5bd2fd619991fcf96be28 SHA-1: b3a0733a4c5162c618e40da8286515afad4b339c SHA-256: ad808c8dab5b6a960bc995bb068ba262644353205b946b3a9497c6a66bf5988f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by multiple heuristics flagging it as a link farm pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no executable scripts were extracted, the document's structure and embedded URLs are designed to redirect users to external sites, likely to download further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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=wd+my+cloud+apk
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/palaf.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f8da2780fb---tarovezujup.pdf
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/zidabefinasixobasojo.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d97i0v2q9pqqi2frs4acj5rfp/didisagekejevom.pdf
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/94085741053.pdf
    • http://expertworker.paraleumarian.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/83102226752.pdf
    • https://ww150005.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210919210107.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350765bfcdc---vijekamerujimisijo.pdf
    • https://borsalino.ro/imagini_ws/25098113564.pdf
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4772283521.pdf
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxosu.pdf
    • http://www.greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/pilobabudenakovav.pdf
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/19577808270.pdf
    • http://bamor.org/userfiles/file/80000105056.pdf
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/fusujipi.pdf
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/sazasamezinemi.pdf
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/83190166718.pdf
    • http://form4concrete.ru/pics/cont/file/tizovizesujirigusavave.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ae6869ea7---xuxijovipax.pdf
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/28127154605.pdf
    • http://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/purifi.pdf
    • https://kangaroovietuc.vn/webroot/img/files/27362934696.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_off0000b1f0.bin
cb54715169662ad46d058f970f7bc0da5a39a481c1a4375b9fdf12981c4353db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F0 10280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c928.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC928 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e13a.bin
247bed69a9bb33dd9cb57a94c772330279981ad70b080b6691ec1cbc32fa4b36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE13A 18776 bytes