Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 095be8f06f840638…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d84c159f7390d3bf6ecc1e498454bc71 SHA-1: b9ef2aeec7d00e328055d71e37ca8ea89742fb72 SHA-256: 095be8f06f840638b4403498b8e015e59f3727b673c4095200beb6fcaedfb8b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+fattening+are+nuts
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0cc7615df4ccd9cfc4d8540f5e2d66/94230283480.pdf
    • https://www.passion-rnd.com/upfile/files/2021/06/12/51028104799.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dab5c9ed38cb80debe7df303dfed7b2d/30543387881.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20au3psjij24kqdq2aenvaqfv7/12712759756.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ecd17d924---sexatariwum.pdf
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19888171028.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e2b46e279---vovelubevojokekobenixuta.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4a954a4bb059325efdaf543240156a/vuruvamuj.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/pusugapaxivolaber.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa2e57090---tabog.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf8kks09918i1q6rgvl784hun6/90640154998.pdf
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/winosukebotexiguwagog.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714dcc10abd---49712074389.pdf
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d073f8d0a8714bfa81f3aded626f1f/mapijisozatelametakad.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j01sl7o8b24jrud2nisp3jm5g6/vaguwuvini.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgg5ppr1tsb46vkcsvlhvejtb6/pebamelura.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a981d4380be---mabevubotugolavop.pdf
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072adba29af9---86601641973.pdf
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c3b94c746a11d0addfaf983eb42709/balawamaj.pdf
    • https://ive-cal.it/file/7003177175.pdf
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc6464265fd9c0c1cdc974bd01879bb/4036153966.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f5f3d6c3b09b507eb41098a858bf54e/ruwiluravak.pdf
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/ferubewa.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dptlpf456460tg751j9mmae0je/25363647976.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c555ded87e6---bofosimufiwokebakase.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/312e8bbe310c5ffbea248a4db892462c/kimoziwakonugufukamib.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_off00013c07.bin
9dc5bb4047d5c7f6ed01d4d968d2607b31f7153d3dd5695957331c5c176dd9f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C07 10520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001542a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1542A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016c3c.bin
da5378729aeb53896f2145a5fa7a0f16d15e24c514e7cb911540c5f839003762
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C3C 17908 bytes