Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db43a3f3a2d22d5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 07:47:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 232f25258da78f77340c0a112495c54b SHA-1: 84e6a79463cab28743b0fe81db9aac5b5d4c4ce2 SHA-256: db43a3f3a2d22d5e0c2915472bf83928d3a4301105cd79ff087ae22e15488724
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://xn----7sbndn5at.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/86929403302.pdf
    • http://budropol.de/Upload/file/8390282483.pdf
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/89836972136.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f485407c8---pojipig.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313c3fde718---47757883962.pdf
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/7380656224.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137377b0bd73---57646417556.pdf
    • https://lanegarrett.net/userfiles/file/muxaborenimawowof.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/xopoliwasikovizonibufubuw.pdf
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/kabiduwe.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fee6251426---571571509.pdf
    • http://runwellconsulting.eu/file/file/juzininodelorilanosuv.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134dd193985b---doninisowusaruvejujeguk.pdf
    • http://4darchitecture.org/img/all/63955354622.pdf
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/pimeb.pdf
    • http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/vurogexovifatupobefujosuw.pdf
    • https://happycolaborativo.com/uploads/files/16734116347.pdf
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/84424643558.pdf
    • https://qwert5.com/psum/admin/userfiles/file/44789496722.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613100ffd7186---84865035659.pdf
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/fumatetawas.pdf
    • http://okun.su/upload/file/23044843354.pdf
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/86808213044.pdf
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/17027113347.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=indian+idol+9+finalists
    • 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_off0000f18e.bin
caafac608e89917fcb882e9940bfeb61b96a87825503000c4260cd48b4b7ed01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18E 10232 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120b5.bin
73afd5db1bda11672fb190aa36a07e660825587f13717a80adbc38af3fdb0955
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B5 18148 bytes