Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b487d3ecf0b2d880…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-08-28 17:01:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 8fda0765cee61f9839c68d7db511be7c SHA-1: 288ad9fad9412c6bd56a7d062b8d4e737f34b841 SHA-256: b487d3ecf0b2d88077d45cb6446892cc78fc9c38997b385e5af437abc70c0e61
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be associated with compromised content management systems or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6658

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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=well+%26+able PDF link annotation
    • http://premo.at/userfiles/file/dixofanujaridew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4b77664e7---72165835886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73289097927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/24884442025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c87db3f429---tigalevogosopasafinukixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/fojosutitikipevine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e78077b31---68629345476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pakefavufexokupirosokapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/37001954104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210803/file/levisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahiclassof69.com/clients/874294/File/35024864817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/26258009846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/mefofenamixisabiwuvamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/sujivezirekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/25112677259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/32186521864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abdd1e4e5ef3e2926a3f2654d97ce5c1/muzeburavizadobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210611213143746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/furuxuvuxideranetosiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c935bbdaf49---rasemuferewunobomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/27782748428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/52530809905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/wasofodoziseluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C0 22940 bytes
SHA-256: 3979f860c960a074aeaac6078cb25351d1555d6f1d8e130a0a86858142d47765

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