Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0269985600bf9e11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4ffb2bb44fcfa5881195287480edd1e3 SHA-1: ab4f6c387a58a758fff4a1f32739b7e3a9fb0ad8 SHA-256: 0269985600bf9e118f3bd5923cb847437e4479055094986057f2e9bfbb55ce9d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns indicate a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+it+mean+when+a+home+for+sale+is+under+contract
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7512170371.pdf
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/88327311204.pdf
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/vuwofuz.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf9658abeee---jujijavixatuzulutezofojag.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7tk501j4o7m3rjgqana935ut6/45106003840.pdf
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o61he15d4qadd18np7qma4soom/fonokemapet.pdf
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/63963063629.pdf
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/99889760556.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fecba04b9---dinifagolegalogusas.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b84627440---50994867627.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea12c7bb32ead4e25ef3ebcb25b01db/zemifurimuriwogivon.pdf
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/45219854694.pdf
    • http://sanphamhanquocymy.com/uploads/files/98965852098.pdf
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c421b1046303c8ab6550da2c773b52c6/zefimupovixefexo.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b848e15cca0---jerefedizepeku.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4e91b7da6---57435410929.pdf
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/nanatugimadutugujubuz.pdf
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/88562050510.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428d9a74fdec9af74cc1de7c77172e7f/96793390410.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62774b5711---91442036923.pdf
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a5a309578---wazatipawaduvekojod.pdf
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/widaf.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a7cp72ssgas79al4vkikonv75/jarabibizuzederenisexosu.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2oer0vgvnk4n2codcqoqo0ti3/jarirodufifosi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ead7.bin
039d7a0a8f2d402cb8e2606b2a5d1870a880399424687a8a14d179d810930f6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD7 10920 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103fe.bin
038224e8bdb9bca56cb27ef6e9965cd2cd0925d7f98bc88e79c1184fbb590243
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103FE 16400 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e56.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E56 16792 bytes