Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4a1c22922d83099…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:00:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1df2dffb65ec6c3d843ba370596b08a SHA-1: 3917b661b5a7b96359a8c58c0431d7032f3af3c4 SHA-256: b4a1c22922d8309937b8c56ccf359f3232f59492607d586be384d4e974f1b8df
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/10025839867.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39782746420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mqm7293n5ntdrcil84kei790g/robulejosorapobomakewaxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e282d399b2c0aa5d13ca1e4376659a82/mimox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8763cf9f198c406b67f221a1fe4a7401/baxolifoxubilogaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e45f5a56000---besibuvobeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/87510865647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a53cf6d187c689fdc324490b532dc7/maxomavukazijutoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/77478091958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp.com/contents//files/relojafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/kenukatazesomerubabogipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/sudemilufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/46070963825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/zigasuxetarenugawowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafetukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/51694586184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b57280ed8---93747531695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aa5ad5b0d4---57038716395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161100a6ea6f22---41556759777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/kitamusumafulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/66098875084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/porituseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/36700451182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/97900023473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gest%C3%A3o+administrativa+escolar+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0F 19880 bytes
SHA-256: 6f24bc71cf8c86559f24ac32bf2f21ac41d84f08d778d86bbba68b2848846416
font_01_sfnt_off00010e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E18 11152 bytes
SHA-256: df04797eba8c0620833d4f1007adde9d60703e271c23e2306081eef6aa11e3c7
font_02_sfnt_off000127c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1