Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c492a45f17084557…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6e38caf3f197ae50b5e594c74438a804 SHA-1: 62a71d4830a55e869b0151563237a19b0ac4389d SHA-256: c492a45f1708455779675dcbf3f053e458c1c969c84044656aea0d2335859f69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/60769741297.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/fexixaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14414e8f6aece095053b98c313ef1ebe/solilazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083578824306---93113681983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/fopinivokutixugusejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/wuxuwabuwumedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vag6vnsk9b6tvr3s4g8il76ht4/kalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280432219627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073781da3552---83594577226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/30293083280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5bd29ca7c9---85479071656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhs76reunion.com/clients/0/00/009202203981f132fd14d012a57c0fe5/File/30257486873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejelutuginudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/588051464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/99260398174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089396b7fee3---pikerejixuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a011c2450---19664184439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwferrellpkwy.com/uploads/files/62962881772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f831c53a2cb7428cc83fba7d6c8a13/favedenoreduferowudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u72pvq678c615v3gm2gcoke5ui/33128234044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/95657923754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/vodibibiruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/siqiabv0mvrherm07lirn4kjgl/gadonoxubozudakexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+third+person+pronounsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000169b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169B4 18292 bytes
SHA-256: edd0d0dbdd9ccf441a98dbc38b2cf7065d985ac445e574400731b3a99feaebdd
font_01_sfnt_off00019964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19964 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B175 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 66b7945b99a9c78025a9a0ace4161995b24b08b80ea391fd428eddc3553bac27
font_03_sfnt_off0001c839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C839 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 8ffa88493a587de8a7beb571e11c16ec5c04f58330ca2c6a4943ae594db7bdb7