Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4b0afb8ca99bfac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:15:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5f04977685ff8ee2e0e7a6d008f869c2 SHA-1: 71d7158227d08a307af4b0cad47e6f251600c8a3 SHA-256: e4b0afb8ca99bfacc81f194b482aefaadb6048056b687396c040ef68283ea65a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a URL with a 'utm_term' parameter suggests a targeted campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/nerumaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/67162460920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412a74daea5---kilovupejikezuvareguxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivipojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kipebifusivosofabakeniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/24403406186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bojigekalexazukinegitavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermea.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakerediderameter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/nilokemeripubudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/43267429746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/zixelozaxabikumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26223337551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/todewuzilasusumepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140110c24c79---segavezibulukafukigimomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/33687221995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/6653755053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/busexagitomariguruworosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/5562102069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ccf616d2f---60246961078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effekt-film.de/files/file/7946957425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210902055244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/74354981982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/86677626376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/21769107209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legends+adventure+diamond+hackPDF 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_off0000b3ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE5 11208 bytes
SHA-256: f57c43d3819a42401b426b1151ca31eb34ed20f16c1f4b272932f40e8bfaefc8
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C4 15796 bytes
SHA-256: 7215a622c2fe08642074915ecf51ca4bb36f3001c90f09e17ab83c350af03876