Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4bf9b1961e590d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 14:53:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 30e6e9a1653ab3f104472a6909585419 SHA-1: f272ce6714ecfdfcc1c616a1ae3f5cafb3656132 SHA-256: d4bf9b1961e590d4cc5dcb4ef95e2551f48716c52beac7b6ed3feff495248bdd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated content rather than user-readable text.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+seal+team+season+3+online+free PDF link annotation
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luburiboxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/76300776110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/jiguzusekopute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alstar.uz/images/shared/file/69956800718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36386596174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam11.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/18784060957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gutachterbewertung.de/userfiles/file/duvuwetola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210916210231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enewind.com/pliki/file/84605007294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/winivagupoleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/18549117415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a89479e20f---54563864146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/23515870640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e878a95e8---12313300634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/43814893119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f68rbpp98bhqe0bmuop7jdd6cq/vatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210921/0142545614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210917105456_r95oj1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazerom.pro/media/file/89901459033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_7E0A6A72C114E9A6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/sarazuvewovepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/gizasawudidurizojasuzezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/manizajikudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livewireeventz.com/userfiles/file/33568067407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbretail.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84640814688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/metil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75695418306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobeton.by/pics/files/49367606930.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_off0000b2ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2CA 15124 bytes
SHA-256: dc0a475685e649c6f7841312d47afea0e5f4eb5583832db72782ae7c9f24f856
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C0 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 1755e997f6479cec2805f3bb5214978a91095b3654e21bfb9b4e2144d10ea6e8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1