Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d236aed43e39d418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:28:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 057fb0d4424773a5b4698fd07db55779 SHA-1: 1c0aa430e2393805ea117fcdfe34069107c2aad4 SHA-256: d236aed43e39d418add1948cd93fcff54515942be183b14fc44c49ffe86bfbe4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a malicious document designed for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7954d05baa5055d0ee535a935e8c017/maferevarejiwawemed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/nebimajiwetimokuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenroots.org/clients/19739/File/kebirewozipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/89735501016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921714dbebd---xobalolipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6f81uj0mg34kd86hjrb12ime2/wagojatepiliger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/14905458888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607126ecb32e9---47065397125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/37083638596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/91520931221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb44b2fbfc4bb391253c7cc02dad38c6/baxitupinaravovela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db738d18f38---refavizelixovinuwofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08cc8343bb3352c0fb0ba827c74eaf0a/baxevujotepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d64c675e6546366288c1f5f256fc489e/39068782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a710633f4f9---18207119685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csaladiegyteruautok.hu/userfiles/files/46118617523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubazujolesefodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/21920897098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/xuwedexexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f96b80cd8167a52d7942bee61035da9/jobagumekapedavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2132066948---nesimutelotakewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/sonezatevafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a8032f8d8ff832a2420fddc50fa7c67/75988616837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/52100765756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+compressor+without+losing+qualityPDF 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_off0000edaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAA 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 4e835b43474c082f520f12d9ce8024ebeacd75c3b08dabb44b4c2716c229b21f
font_01_sfnt_off00011d4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13565 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 1986aaf4d7f2a9bbc64be97b788d9993e2baef5464730996555d20c262ce7536