Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4cfa281d7515cbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:58:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2f2bbdca7850ff3e5911825e3e1e4e7e SHA-1: ac02ac6927d7d919d7ca9a5e9528f50a332ae1ee SHA-256: d4cfa281d7515cbc0b5712dd667834251e84eb378911994106cb1e9f8b8af643
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a deliberate attempt to create a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to external sites.

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=battle+royale+full+movie+english+sub PDF link annotation
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/lewosowujamipasanezotogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phubozena.pl/userfiles/file/bubita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/29083329186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/tusedexuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f465e75f60---wunewinev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michael-dhom.com/webseiten/file/81663785226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308163ab962---jurarejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ed5e2c1c4ce4c204af124bf6f11b8c7/20398116817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/47911841443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/fezujavaxubaxane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/94889386796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitparaguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34993636837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08df15dffcfa8d253bb466a4ea36e801/fulelarekono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/podulimusawukomupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/dugijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/9644550648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadezaberegewetora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19894440734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakulchaiplace.com/Uploads/file/nopebebazavufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/7762609392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77891624172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jusejakigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5673290233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirobopifurakuj.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_off0000e31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2C 20672 bytes
SHA-256: c5da711840f3bcb2ad651a89b8fd933dcaf382fb23f1e9a2d876219843c9f958
font_02_sfnt_off000130b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B0 11136 bytes
SHA-256: b9ab56dc9f96575e7daeae9384eaf1ac6ab25c0c0b24995e824e81790e5cf4bb