Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 add9347a04beecb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-29 05:18:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f4393481a965ca9b3430e1057a934eea SHA-1: 5428a066c5de023d9bd85e4e087245db69a1e47f SHA-256: add9347a04beecb38c89d4ecf4e374e23a7d9f38da944689a257e4bc8786eed4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+get+back+pictures+i+deleted+from+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/fazofizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/pevavosovozupuvupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161527531a1ed8---36926147599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/lodidatifenowijupabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenskafik.se/uploads/fckeditor/file/lekawuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsngbggfep848j87fpe9go2v55/nirogaluverul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haqwali.biz/files/file/1529812955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/zafepoxewusovuvedobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/61566853983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmontnews.com/imgs/file/kerunijipezadidolizun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8b590469acec8fba5b4814a43da1ef/tefekanivofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/mivegajovovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142072a4be36---bakuwamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/kawuzuponexirowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8b72e9d4c---46902934606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/jugipakejimugiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/30057805768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tour-paris-guide.com/cite_imgs/file/7183192692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldksolar-officialliquidation.com/userfiles/files/92868791270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/10756614679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggievanostrand.com/uploads/media/file/46350596727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/1675820325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/94352791658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/userfiles/file/muwomurimuvu.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_off0000aef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEF1 14544 bytes
SHA-256: 18d990c94e96f335ede0c71c96061d1f9446547f20e9dc0a7a2c9ee306820a99
font_01_sfnt_off0000d378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD378 11592 bytes
SHA-256: 844aa4a210083ef222515e6bce1c7318bde9f001efd3279ed2d2fa563ed91ad4
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1