Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db642fa8c927dd3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 12:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5800307422c846ea569575b22c9c1c77 SHA-1: 831573036ba0ba49d86130a95230146ce5575d62 SHA-256: db642fa8c927dd3a0d7caddfaf2def47642c9294af7c0d1ea74df417ca3384b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=videoder+apk+download+2019+free+download+for+android+mobile+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/79806053581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76042522892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/9213024016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ti22t0vcc8ali470fgv2nrjb7/38721953489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/dawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/71066337610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/37625345188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/77296269797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/kulewakabosebejajakerizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141667d6c4f2---25906347939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141641f73777---2158126779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bipalisdemo.dashindonesia.com/userfiles/files/65304489384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/vemapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/gileripiregizimusaduvaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442e436c1ab---69495230566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemicilojistik.com/userfiles/upload/file/97441169349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/faxopifafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/1338344124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd2431f9fc1b530c4cc4b19db11fbae/26177025929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajevolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kattliv.com/kattliv/admin/userfiles/file/jemegurigelidarixibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/vamopix.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_off0000b142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB142 15480 bytes
SHA-256: 486cfad9eb47f07a101d88d953ad600d4749d1871848b481051c7fc381498705
font_01_sfnt_off0000d877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD877 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f08e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08E 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 087e3d953df7b270f51c5204d0ccb65af03462e008a4339da78cd90c6ac8a966