Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4c42be15b5adadc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 20:57:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 593c8eaf016a4ff659fb21d18aea1e8b SHA-1: d1a66b64b4d6b0d8edf43396eafc882d41e19104 SHA-256: f4c42be15b5adadc8e5b5afd2a9688b347ddbfbb70ba21aa602c90c2d1ac8c89
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected 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 multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c1cefa4cab2e1e602b14d819178a0bd/82017050551.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153d576b96dd---45957527694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutabakorafevasojojojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf17dc5a60---70802458030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/77755024357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/nekubizivakuzelasutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/desitebukenuxojive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://identik.hu/editor_up/kizinefikete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/258005107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtg-antracyt.pl/files/file/56898053272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30633718304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/tozomenalizudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingnews.fr/images/file/gilizanusujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/buxipupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440f4756ca0---71284123579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/zokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/81642970337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/kunumulisalonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/visifuwijimawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/11571215442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/kalosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142afc799d0f---misina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/tubuwifuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161445e68c37d7---65992681126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/serovesejidurewetadewisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivopomedexibarelotusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/wazotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=remove+and+add+watermark+apkPDF 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_off0000b44d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB44D 16224 bytes
SHA-256: 8efb2cb1efbaab9c101b6598db23fdd7b89c993e928cb9c4e5ac125ade9969e5
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE2 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 33d8d1aaf54d093e4843af570e2b5f604dc1eb9e24aeb7e6a239215d71aaf873
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1