Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4c8f8545fde59ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 06a77b5708b1dc649f9cf0596b0c0671 SHA-1: 7c01e22d4e3f2a89e53156df5a8e0c8e93b21e53 SHA-256: d4c8f8545fde59abed241322dff51bdef6b8079e3fd6bd585d5939a4ee94da57
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating a pattern of using compromised websites for distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+maker+game
    • https://www.allduniv.ac.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17323422054.pdf
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210905_172054.pdf
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75308000417.pdf
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/34881654878.pdf
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/82442876592.pdf
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109100824188787.pdf
    • https://breedlife.com/upload/files/88484648695.pdf
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/ludedorosiwubuduxejo.pdf
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/zopekalipixelujugezege.pdf
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witibidamupofexivaniju.pdf
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk0vqv45mkkjud5vkdjf1n2ik0/68044235491.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/49725244131.pdf
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_24B15F7D61DA43BD.pdf
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/gedasuj.pdf
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/legovofatukizemigusewisu.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613979fc7e637---44723542410.pdf
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/90753451210.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2hrbrtele2rt6pc3c3pcv3a2q/jidalixasesigepi.pdf
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/dazujojokiwalomomisaxede.pdf
    • https://kfk-dekoration.dk/images/uploadedimages/file/ziduxivofuganenimasageb.pdf
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/4580199788.pdf
    • 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_off0000af3c.bin
95d657b433f454cb2f49899483b1a54f182e5204631053a96aa5a23846f0f35f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF3C 15468 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000eeba.bin
ced9d6a5bf0d13b79a5370ae3507ba4b82b6d947e82fe79aca801e2b63df0130
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBA 10352 bytes