Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4da8be688936cd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 17:36:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 90d01866312b559f306a8b8874ca9ce9 SHA-1: 0e556082d8aad3b188efad996c8139e48764414d SHA-256: b4da8be688936cd98880d821cfc35e83fa5954e697cbefd8670d9e3d9023b2ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Several extracted URLs point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic specifically highlights the non-clustered link farm nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+recover+deleted+contacts+from+recycle+bin PDF link annotation
    • https://theipbuzz.com/images/file/towefulofaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopobikaretolubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/zoxofegijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4437142490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6c6d8c169---68010501026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adci.vn/data/upload/file/65545030473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekstelekom.com/userfiles/file/xifizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rinsacars.com/files/others/96827574394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/47178734421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/getudiwupijikovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernwashpros.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/81199757387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10553589886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dumukujiposuvifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/77034612656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squash-fitness.cz/userfiles/file/gufajopirulajelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/54246575263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnt-mayak.ru/content/File/8853675551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613396d610559---7653810443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/kewakurajezotekukivodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/bogetazuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgallery.devctn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibepizakufagidam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f57cd002e34a14144c5446c9b7365cc/titubadatiborifazomojiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/41124481331.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_off0000d4d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ece3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE3 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 8d553cfefd53670dd4b31dc0c52169be4189792650900693a71be9f944d41b19
font_02_sfnt_off00011ae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE9 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 80be9ee27cfa29c40222a9703242acb629879391cd2cab7c5ee365cd47df8f8c