Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0351d5cedc2dfa30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b8d6a865dc121fda99829c551134d472 SHA-1: e38d3d284a30a254e9cc130796409f1c16962e01 SHA-256: 0351d5cedc2dfa30aba3210742295fef948460462bf1ea90cfdff619180d4bb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=radiohead+paranoid+android+live+jools+holland PDF link annotation
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/1305805726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/76506166246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/koxosumorekozasexixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/vipobemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e7d2f341c---4824298030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietdubai.com/userfiles/file/18846223877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasokeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43779a7e29d8f15b7bb60cc644812f73/ginije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barahi.com/assets/userfiles/files/serebonigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agape4u.org/userfiles/file/polodolawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/28693439454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/tewatefesimekanupanumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/vulawunomimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rcqqa8un4tri7q5664n9q49or/83970789596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/90662014812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridavezowodopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/nodukegogaluwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/41830688085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/tuluwomivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/niderujexoraxowuwoful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oxigensupplies.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/83863097837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/1589059471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/vajetumezojelarurekiwofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/zatadamijesinonareru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusikuxonuxunadeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/28705930880.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_off0000bca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4BA 16688 bytes
SHA-256: dedd27f7949b8b6d136cd094f00aee5ac3f3919312f7a8d513918bdcd9d8288e
font_02_sfnt_off00010037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10037 10632 bytes
SHA-256: ba8dc1c3e1a8a61be5dc5f62d4d684a0d07d9a4b0f4bbff01be9c846f731bfad