Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b472b41ba06c1713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:00:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6e8744c33a6c48aeb3b2f2469b085101 SHA-1: 37900442ea593d82225a7b1d007e15dfb50ca351 SHA-256: b472b41ba06c1713636d08b2f7b76fc40d55ffd986e944b2f09e3dad80be767c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mazel+tov+meaning+in+english PDF link annotation
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b01eb72bc---55612641091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/5823898802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/pejatizolizekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af94f18a5ca---97596709497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0c2a774d7---32775070340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59669e9bd5---42833497153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae449d24ff4b9a221d87abd13aff5da5/gezureveramigugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/8120879606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/93450293075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/bumamilotufenebolosigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68315a2d4fb84f777b85422c0fc0b035/pafuzijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/60095254847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88a1e4287---kozetalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/vegijalenexizoxivofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/bilibufevufizozoremibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esebtekstil.com/resimler/files/7083330373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/tatidetosasijexuwitoviwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36391313093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jagejijatibofosopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/67235857085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8d754bf21---fujegebozajosep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96e95e1db7---pederofelifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc091cb74f27fa084c66c07759a2cd87/40444053733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84417510876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39948806816.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE3 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 3bd6adc73ae75062f685121672972b4ce0e45d9e6b95309e6bf9efd734944245
font_01_sfnt_off00013844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13844 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 509a355c4bba0f75a3d7546c5d4fac64c43b01cb55486a4d8b2433f98498294f
font_02_sfnt_off0001503c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1503C 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 8cbf82729b896430ad1ef597e15082073ad7c24553aa559050d22984d274e15c
font_03_sfnt_off0001800e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1800E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1