Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b456619bb3c13477…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:59:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 22f21a61387de9751208b096bfd8ed0d SHA-1: e00e61b029acc8aebf826ff38c97eed5f97fcc90 SHA-256: b456619bb3c1347789d85be96c52ce9c2110913b91f862dfb505d0036fee5992
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, 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 embedded URLs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/75776449199.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16135d8f524f71---92223333299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parilka.by/var/upload/file/fominupasajojinabidugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/sixuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bushurov.ru/images/files/xobawuwoxezipuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/11965538802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/bozekuvifikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunovopuwaxoxinaxejesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewotesotuvujapovifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66726459018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oembag.com/uploads/files/202109121700567240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/75560310567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905051759268818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15810925749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86805813892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613556a99a22c---16943954366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_03CE0CA22E574152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/pawofaviritofanagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpaxis.net/userfiles/file/7112005024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/vudenajosowozovefewenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9588d742b---zeroxasabilibumegovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7602240072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/861213e1f7b8b67e45a3dec079ef417a/98526745243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt2.com/contents/files/xozevetazevelakefefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/87148261819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1172313780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=test+drive+unlimited+2+download+androidPDF 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_off0000dade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADE 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 99b3d195936b3022925307d424227cfa6621984f78497f889c47009eb9f11e95
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BC4 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 272e941bcee1f2a97d44b26b066e8d86950d2e4a2a84b0e69b2e4347d1a7483d