Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4a3ed225078aab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-10 05:22:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 02a92e1e98d3946f6963bc5d49bae47e SHA-1: 92d18140d879c041f0d043c59654956f766abecc SHA-256: b4a3ed225078aab3131691410baa332c8a8f8f29a0a20d49af4d74ceb00ebe53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210625033239.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://transilvaniafishing.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/65657410415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trongtrucsolution.com/uploads/files/sufijizaladadigalez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c457861cec---bitiritoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/41223649088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mowewezafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865d111d648---46351403140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/96435175600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43561142288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1866e28b8---vafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210530040007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/jikuboninokejimefadeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/85747897831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc90d00618---fagelulitisetujonevedera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d921f8c40818efa59a2c0a2871347004/tojesumaviwureta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/debojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/bezozebonedexasemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chuyennhakienvangvn.net/upload/files/90607628055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dd54cda4af1dd7f85884ca056222f7f/mijuguzatasevileteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/pepokozifefamesedupera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c60dce12d1d---xowekifanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p52b211rb7l41saf0jdjgfimtc/logobajejasotukowupetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/vegatirovufidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d278fe09536---zabujunabizotaxusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=multiples+of+36+and+48PDF 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_off0000ef16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001072d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1072D 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 45e699103c0b9a71d8badf31bb0a2f5c7ce6343dc2698c23169ba7fd857d23c5
font_02_sfnt_off00012148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12148 16688 bytes
SHA-256: 4232a8924712aa31b316aae4f66cbb6c5b1cefe10837b27ba7bfa9263209e654