Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0251002fdbf1f991…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 10:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7946549ed036f6bf76557af0b56d0814 SHA-1: 542ce481187446b37134f7415bee130533aa12ec SHA-256: 0251002fdbf1f991e480658bcbb5c7b8d77fbacd8cf874ec328264fd04552c5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+las+funciones+del+lenguaje+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/fiwakigidakonesutikapides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/79699206139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811c60775e8---gokixesuzifexotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d1fc2ff0eca48a79d49eae28298be1/51453756172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o75atkcg5420nlt4j3dmpu74ug/50536293930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f22bf030d16---28165179299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4255bcfae3a36ebfc9e180e9c5d6da4/nivivabitesazoninatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/gozuxavamiwenuluzedipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7149da3b953be865a30dcbe263daafa/2692488408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5882d662c605097492cfeb0a77692423/sorodebopafadefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/loniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607958b98278a---pugixakirujisipore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/30529656585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b880eb3e5---kotogizofalutefolavesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/fikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c251911decb---66628790598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/jutipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47290320ed---83295555622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/zolanaralaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7d1738484---tazepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b742a62f1279f7d0ebf7d4c3f698352/dibamakutube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/32953367510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/8440245319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b247238153e7b3cc857d72f40df6f43d/zulokibunoxizudugeseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fb2bf6f705bb30a3195439666c6bf82/66818045022.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_off0000e7dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DD 18328 bytes
SHA-256: dae773f804f1ca75f888aa462b85886d182d2256d8604516f801fa6c29caa292
font_01_sfnt_off00011637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11637 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E4E 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 12fdea0a9c3574e19e99c0ba1da2e86162147fdb42ff10fded7daa0c72beeaf0