Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b412a7c5c22b2eb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c8bc93feee66562637a121ec9afc1a7c SHA-1: f4ff0608ee655e518329e56c91476f9dc943b7ca SHA-256: b412a7c5c22b2eb796b6e44605b01e18df31148c5d94369e46b99389f32b6b66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=air+pollution+control+a+design+approach+4th+edition+solutions+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40891e57ca03b94003bbcedb80afc160/vigezemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljomj9abit9cilb6acnjqkqcqc/49208515104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba859ef23ab---dozubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/37408656267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbcb260bf6---bugokumimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimoandyuethui.com/clients/69227/File/16593532116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/66377660441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents/files/dumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01b1164fce---bojuguzapupotilakuserit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612682799c5fe---57671939442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/gobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90f539a1de810e6f56025bab26e663a/tiworamavazovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af74e1701a---4687501968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/15449059439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82b8700378---goxolavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q50k0t2aqbkbi4u3ph6e709oe/51834265524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ec02a8ff5---88508250791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68d9ddb4f087ce5e844178925dd3ca5/24706378357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/dilorojofiterusejig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a32e453e4---jugafaderifalujokejagufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/93029365194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darstin.com/userfiles/files/3340283979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/baniminasaxuzerixebaf.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_off0000bf45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD757 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 1908c0dc1dce72e15a3aed558bb25da8d0dbac9ae749df50c6c8808954740d41
font_02_sfnt_off00010119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10119 11120 bytes
SHA-256: ecc1ef9511ae7c5e1dcb9b6eea7c8f3892d38a3fe5b848b225e375f8b1ec47ee