Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8df48d4741035bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-08-04 23:55:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: db17d9cd5a5fe60737a1f92e75c15d50 SHA-1: 2e2806dd0e1fe240e0792ef9e28f75d6ef2b349b SHA-256: d8df48d4741035bbae3d3b66fe06e1157b1560a159965571c58cc7af9623fccf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/gikugitasikelizivogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/gobexabolukewivelororup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/rokiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hmem6dn1oa45rg8durdi4jps6/vifigafesigovapaxigadep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/jemeravuxipifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6abd78a69---29421027118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poriziduzaletobobedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museos.comarcadelasierradealbarracin.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daludanoretobamegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/dulapawufikibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ddbca23eb39ee74f86806ddfc721637/4050177652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/menobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/19674502122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/92867042468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/34390382101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948f0b740cb---92803692732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763ec539bda---74461175133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gebojuzigajedewevojuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5udua.com/contents//files/luvegodutejixosefosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebawidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/wajamigifutoxoxusubisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ebae8a78b---75744403179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/15639081611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/kebowijilasodixadurobunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f590a97b21---molalajuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/63107511434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=zoo+animals+mod+for+minecraft+pePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d18d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD18D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e99f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99F 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 47910bbe09ea53167ebc641f878bf73d0e4e18684dab427c97fdb32c4a77fbd0
font_02_sfnt_off000116b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B8 10744 bytes
SHA-256: e68fda36573f206eef05d99657cfa8181fd469bae5b3b863b392531066e154a6