Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4682705cf202ecf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 02:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 1f439465f6aa695797f846ba4ecf73dd SHA-1: dfe8cd5dda09df968d04785d2dfb36bfa51aa634 SHA-256: d4682705cf202ecf0ff00fc9f7cfd4c9ef180ce3b66a2060caa87c03d9b528e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or credential harvesting attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pok%C3%A9mon+omega+ruby+and+alpha+sapphire+-+strategy+guide PDF link annotation
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/sokanodone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28shpvfk54eq6q66q9sv3875n0/judetelegebubezibelifiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/zusazizodizafosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuondaiphuc.vn/upload/files/41658303854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twothirdsmajority.us/clients/38522/File/49604976616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949288c8744---64779159136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/94671545800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forudejedenona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608687d6cbebe---sopofapagoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/becdc18e08f44a9dee93ea739f64ce25/11451452653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranagro.com/files/koxulugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e52377f0c48---lesofobomerepeseranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dadb77ab1d---28446557496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9e082aadf---konorowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/itawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/fisiwale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a272db3b853---vewoxuxefisotamukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/datobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2ecea05ef---19352230525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/xexiwovebuvonotaxenivogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dd4ac660a5---nobifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6a9f3e2f75d8b5fcf796d8f083a359/koxutenogetita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7A 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 97e893bc0aca28557549c39fa788825ab46f6fa713af04e486e68053c563d2c3
font_01_sfnt_off00011bfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFD 11472 bytes
SHA-256: 123777944439eeb2be9bfc82f2ef5ac583703900778b4f7bcd8184f250102d4e
font_02_sfnt_off0001364e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1364E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1