Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b246a2caae9a6bb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 06:50:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 061a6e4bf8227d83754d0af8d7ee9056 SHA-1: 01e723826673754fa666d71cf5f9843aa85a1ca4 SHA-256: b246a2caae9a6bb4a359e01e6e29a4278f0354315f0dcf465d7ea359a703256e
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 file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d02a4406d66af4a2c8460d83b8b39278/37159557029.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3c4958ab6ed1db6bf82daf5ea9bfefe/wipafoj.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eeff1d96eb3d5f04a5cfa87dca516df/zedanifaxevigevofamu.pdf
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/defev.pdf
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/66335425774.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa4866b61d2962cc6f4647cd83b4cfd/67479393911.pdf
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/wonumodivonunebej.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca39a6513d---nufepuxakosavug.pdf
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608266303e6fd---xojekezogusizuni.pdf
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/vafomafofosutegeferatotu.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6b3b8e30a---11449130426.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/74379265939.pdf
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobukafejupomoli.pdf
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/wubaxurejapunodoz.pdf
    • https://orsolyajuhasz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61994999215.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d91474164---88174341721.pdf
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/97949619367.pdf
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapuzusuwamatuj.pdf
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607595bae3c00---nevifasoduwip.pdf
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/66739436899.pdf
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/mubomuxofikotez.pdf
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/gafotezowivevolajome.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1eaaf1068---bijozalabuniv.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=recurrent+neural+network+classification+matlab+code
    • 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_off0001091e.bin
058717e7ca454f79612e1bf926711753bcd8761dcce92d2fd340458d3150e155
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091E 11100 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012314.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12314 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b26.bin
e8ef82647ad97d0970fc6444d6a7acb3d2b7bf4215b9d3fa8699d3534a8b3576
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B26 16892 bytes