Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4ec6d3eed08f6ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 17:10:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9ab9fba55add2e6fefeb489dde4d5055 SHA-1: e9a112d33b55d2b1b2929c1d03a4ea91e4c7c56c SHA-256: d4ec6d3eed08f6ae3605fc52c7f757b0ebe8eb0c1992e5acfb8dafbe16d42d73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+document+unfair+treatment+at+work PDF link annotation
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/zoxovalejexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabijdefossa.nl/upload/files/92706991643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podakepufowujutubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dda73d76e4---91901980935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1000projects.ru/upload_picture/file/29104626740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://108homed.com/userfiles/files/vajasulijunedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/xenizebonuwegikafuguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/defagoropetalunowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1agq06vgifs8v40kg5puion5j0/47891197955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/65501937895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/minuxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xigmatek.com/upload/files/16260592374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6668a4568b---32381183253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f443ea84f48---bukevotejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb34799e455---gijokuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastadimatteo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23208920950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9e187f4a5---66294342893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1110ca4428---95959614339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/87724766837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meu2e4dgooi3oks05onneajq3u/wepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdshg.com/images/upload/File/63162114386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1umemp7f191genh630fsgk1073/45525442761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a804c450da4---peduruwutakilapemugefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/zokoxejuzapazopegi.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_off0000f360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF360 16720 bytes
SHA-256: aedf6e94f0abc2c3d21577c104385a3b6e293867c7257932487346e3852da518
font_01_sfnt_off00011e4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13663 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 4f852c8ae276fa39c4e9b958de9f2b8c34684f9da97810155e7261f8db388b4c