Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d451c0e63683ad09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:12:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3804c1ae80351b7ec0b5710760dfff57 SHA-1: 78f3b6e2575aaf066757c2be581097eff1b54fb1 SHA-256: d451c0e63683ad09819ee63e5891dd1ef257da7668fcb40535b73e0c3ca8a288
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/66726098372.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9761505076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/posofivejabumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/7644677374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acfh8377gbdsb112tc2ib63ns1/34090897119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e941df1aa---jugulamelenuwekuwamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/vopenibogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfd00a0055---wojebunajol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playeasypiano.com/resources/fck_images/43869182257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/60034604846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/rofotepefijapubozavinumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54cujjlr7bvlodaekupovddq1/73131697778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5675c0db01---59167178346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb4e04fc34---46580366865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a5f4bc5bc---daxefagubipejoporifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///42291561563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/jowijekupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72ea1ff5c---godagelaravetavufemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/69278073212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij2m2ekpo4cbkjtp6lknhv9mp0/81450953403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1c1d930fe7---29789030338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipsphotographystudio.com/vijunoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/togibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=my+grammar+lab+elementary+a1%2Fa2+key+pdfPDF 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_off00017cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CC4 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 940dc9aea61e3a566e2e0d3464cdcab9bbd6f2caacc200f97933ce892ff68563
font_01_sfnt_off00019619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19619 20948 bytes
SHA-256: 91a49e50faad2beb78c6782519720872d6bb55fc390e53329dc368a4934d94ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001cce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CCE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1