Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d404a78495c9f4e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:07:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2041ede38af4d0d73fc9c4dd55b63068 SHA-1: 00e1a94d7804902317739bca38e508b4dc91356d SHA-256: d404a78495c9f4e507bd606934c9d29768fa14cc9195f8593af90545f2d0f6cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' reinforces the attack pattern of using compromised infrastructure for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/37747126582.pdf
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/jedetuzoziguzan.pdf
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60739621678.pdf
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/61148932978.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5582c1514f---63497624419.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3a2f4c0ea---maxixekije.pdf
    • http://golfvillageonline.com/userfiles/file/misakijamawododeweses.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbbc657f0b---maluzubusakeser.pdf
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/1742891897.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ec3ceeac5---zesaderugojiruf.pdf
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b637c0a02---3401876123.pdf
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/mewudakaledo.pdf
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/lupofelukomatuk.pdf
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/bodutifuwuzoriwiwupiwa.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984d1728a43---takinalakimibigotiran.pdf
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8bc8a350314ee88563a01f203ed66a8/gatanovozazutigije.pdf
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21l2318e86obftldumr5iltqa1/8489155214.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d8f49fe07---jazabijilinumefijawajap.pdf
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/luxejepijotikowimux.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h62euaqfakers9ls8ji1330q5/pejikemufemumu.pdf
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/18052692843.pdf
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c18b1b5dd1---delikosumelol.pdf
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/funiruwirexuj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+tongue+twister+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d464.bin
3bf3f11e89b66a068af6b7cfb43b5de759dda37d3656c33c1604db3a1c13e844
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD464 17060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010100.bin
197b4d34fb9d1c7b6fcf5852d6096f8d063c0225668bdc3f356ba06143514123
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10100 10988 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a60.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A60 16792 bytes