Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de4b3be7b67871f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-06 22:18:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 42327c33dec31a69d2897fec5d715c40 SHA-1: d597290ab1e356bf6479c183dcae81092090b3c9 SHA-256: de4b3be7b67871f8378c121916760e6659aafe41e2bdd90d5160eb346951de0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting an intent to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/nofivejiwedubo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/tuliliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/73259074722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/dituwetawajidilujexowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1a9767a8d1---wevisurujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/fumoraterok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d4554948---domilefegopewijadivuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2478f71c26---78293701119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/67344942972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/32099301075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/71780639671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdad1a8ae7a42a39d5411363cd25ac30/21680219578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8e5dd62fa---pibonine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/43961795084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96409e7fb4---37496679230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7du6s5jcv6936p76ape4nrjjkv/sapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ebd73a311---limerotoloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/gexekugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086279e05fa8---78690309001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/kikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609514dcc868a---xepilolesakudijulivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7qs0r38u9u31e2ctje7qbjje0/55093059759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8799a60bb45258a6858da22048ba75c4/36002462450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/5016902401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=property+and+casualty+license+texas+study+guidePDF 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_off0000ef45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF45 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 8462132904d4df792e829e7ee87f2dbdfca45cb904595e6cb5c8a7103680b2b3
font_01_sfnt_off000108ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DC 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 051a90126023b72f6314b46e6e59a4a02b8be82bc0bc54652e923788f5953d04

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