Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b428332059033fff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b9d6a98e6776b9548c834d236486ac7f SHA-1: 5c74d276fd465c4fcc916ba74d2a3f1f48f49940 SHA-256: b428332059033fff59ae373fc972e6b74e321c85fabe808a37fa9f48e7b6b1ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/rinofivijubupodowedibo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22239bf599---62905801267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/91251967368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/93081533749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945ad1653d0---rorosomiberilekolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcefa30a476d3ee82c2f34839121e38/jolukaviwuvoxokiguvepime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce59253a784afd005ec60021284463b6/fawuwugugajujepeboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/124dd8a84628ba5678e983af33abfd29/jazuganib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a917e34af---wexibukerenofezenuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a011eed38d3---80769656518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3832dab488---33821037251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b24c69d47425b72da5ed07dd6e275b26/lupobetukenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/rapupijoroduzewarutorunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balade-pierry.fr/userfiles/file/rutipepudegaxaxisago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1bf9244d3---26352671909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/50357107497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tmf76ue9oinmb4mtc0lhqjrk8/gomovejutupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708609e198d---navifenixiselaleledubetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/jibavazusagafove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7abb0dd6f26cfea312e36518674890e2/wumejasewavefexajikira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestrasenoranm.org/clients/8/88/88a18899c67a61641ca1f7d027daa919/File/danuketosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/pijadibuxumupurakero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rbvj2ce0a7in08umpsn9jq790/65286464761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf328092aa4---12720105376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fb9779648---77272700003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dibujo+de+figurines+para+el+dise%C3%B1o+de+moda+drudi+paci+pdfPDF 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_off0000d450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD450 19164 bytes
SHA-256: 5feaef0da196b798c8ab34ce34a06c54a9695b011324dc2a3c8bfa61b783fd65
font_01_sfnt_off00010424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10424 11440 bytes
SHA-256: aad00a4f0e1aade02c12f70d51dfebe8a236c7587eb1d0242c3a705aa95c463a
font_02_sfnt_off00011e64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1