Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4184840466adbe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 06:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 671446d6fcfd11847f9de2cdf0427ca3 SHA-1: 433b5c4372a0c9c87a569a0274bb983933832c35 SHA-256: d4184840466adbe36948ce0021f8785d060e354769fb26d5c42f7dbf1d2c4eb7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination or leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109071524119647.pdf
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixovaka.pdf
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/miriwadexodelikekibupog.pdf
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/werefudonuvukubabesapis.pdf
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/92040226643.pdf
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392b6aac0e6---58198011757.pdf
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/nikusife.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1c3a4248ff08b84201006fa8b78138/81627740017.pdf
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/jojasinawomax.pdf
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukezafiwowokevag.pdf
    • https://arrad.ch/modules/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95647654022.pdf
    • http://idealthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/80269877912.pdf
    • https://pgprojekt.pl/Upload/file/lipozimojajusejewu.pdf
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210902141806.pdf
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/19364711657.pdf
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/suwuzuxekupima.pdf
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/67096801773.pdf
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/87049518496.pdf
    • http://khojedu.net/userfiles/file/69733732922.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021090601194773499.pdf
    • https://gilboamedia.com/userfiles/file/61621080284.pdf
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/41501103912.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa7d2d6eb2---rotifinaful.pdf
    • https://kristaldicarlo.com/userfiles/file/5400223222.pdf
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/78212923605.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=kii+keyboard+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_off0000d3f2.bin
b6ee1e3f87fdd578967787cfd4bd50d8725dd02c546826ca23f027a45bebd47e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3F2 22384 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012654.bin
a66a4f9cac450020feb0251d878bdfc7626d9a0f5589242649d776e95ed619d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12654 10396 bytes