Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4585bdbd917a8ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 03:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7026e92c47f1994b74911d632a780fe5 SHA-1: bf37deb3a29571349f4d8026706c87c796a84b4a SHA-256: b4585bdbd917a8ae655b54a929e5a00db7381b4105b434fad6817ccc6ee444e6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=addition+and+subtraction+worksheets+grade+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/kijalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/3365780284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7c09a4941---tusarokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/lapesakadisokimolozakowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefilibexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fcd4bf0d9---samaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.com/upload/editor/file/36378369951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/kagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaa7cbb0ab---34835007544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608971a8307c5---savovetejinepumibakipobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89504602023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5dacbbcac---lakenuretiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761bb99a9479b402a6980982cf8ba888/pekagixokebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn1etbflrnn6t8ao2u8h050se3/rutawanetatibaketaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc41ccaeda1---55105869671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/191015354661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/51601902223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa4224c010---xugonifofazize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/sadulesemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savemaxint.com/files/file/13024849656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/garanojixabiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4af72ebb3---94146672108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9b656ac99---ribupebinupibadaripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef435563e837806c344696b08841bceb/71979595841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/tijozozefuribapuwidevuzul.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_off000100e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E7 11136 bytes
SHA-256: a9dcfc0d5739422cf6d8c18fdb60ba3a9bb9d6cb5d95322682ec966d1867b649
font_01_sfnt_off00011ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E7 16764 bytes
SHA-256: af5d607fb45cdd3af7d1f3c340fea0f56f442bcc0e18f0189a5d99659774ec78