Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4637a3f76296b78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:29:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c45d04d146177407b146894a76fabf4d SHA-1: 1f8a68da26d3f441a34734a9f880cc4549a3f8f0 SHA-256: b4637a3f76296b785428f010850a0fd6ef04643facf6aabd576e302293ada634
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or link-farming campaign. The PDF structure and embedded links indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hasselblad+h3d+31+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/23935069955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c438f3f2654---dipasuguzipexunapafexoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.com/contents/files/mozulogubizebowiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a672e5f93209cc3e5e63d3f5aad3360/vowifodurobomivufeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/movabetevefiros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/97917848400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c32180e631f46c6ee5b7cbf3300bf263/21428871005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banerjeetourspecial.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2894168721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/54791032857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elyriahigh1974.org/clients/0/05/052ab20d644b737728595af1a47b4450/File/46259613509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7c64ce3f0---moresakupamotitivabunosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b33b5f12bd---98293990810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/pikelefedisamodulunado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5167b8ad2---jodefagizabarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8bc5ba7633f9a9b89f4d9ba5dfdeb34/linanilatisebutipebiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8249ec54754969d62002b83a91a65297/sogikivuxirorukoduzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexinform.com/hirlevel/file/52671219914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongpakthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didazibozoxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/posopazozowevabufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37c78f1825---gimibulofaxazuzabozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/vevuwimurulidopoweniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f15fafdf054a33cb49f4717719aacf/8027571575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1b1d9d7e90f1fec1e017653dbe5a23b/wimagudaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109bd95e181a---vozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/sokelatijozisinaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ef4e7d5bf5---jijusavevibiriwagikinido.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_off0000c84a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC84A 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 9e2574da8db44c4905346d34871bb01da31be164813841769290e02a60ce5978
font_01_sfnt_off0000f58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010da1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA1 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 98a2f2c275917300b4ff833c445ba0bce9a036b8d628a115e3caf1ca57ab462f