PDF malware analysis — malicious · 0ad52b2a6f8a3b23

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14

MD5: 5f73567f09a8a6b53f5f50741be4d661 SHA-1: ba2b158cf66093811ff737524f0204cedc06ae5d SHA-256: 0ad52b2a6f8a3b235c08f1f69d761b8d2f9b0749af407745af7f52b46ad0615d

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage 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 distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worship+songs+chords+pdf PDF link annotation
- https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/takademuzuwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ed8c02e7b8---jatejejuvejanoxaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/gulikuwutuwagimadezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/vufinitujomelilebot.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/033a7e322f686b4c1eb65300603e7d13/wogagibipurunuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5b653cb2413c672c9edf1fd9cad461b/64113336073.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff465f15baa---tubej.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/kikogikokelosumekugazex.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900e4e1004d---88004901186.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/6749916695.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/movesilisawufezo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba957892c05---70799246748.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be1e85cd84---sigevivobejemezafujivupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9aa01a560---23602067536.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/vagerot.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.pvvc.cz/files/55372688802.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/57309022781.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://rogo-rotterdam.nl/files/gegefumofafe.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/zuvakavubivanupa.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecacc53bc3eb87b5598496197fc71917/96612717032.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://aven.su/userfiles/file/80581710698.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091d03e4a651e53bb491cc77a0befdf0/sonovewufakerixozamow.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/lasako.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b36a65f7c0---38125333463.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/wanopugefag.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/jadulu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c7155d15150ffc4e4a80af2f3d8160/90740833334.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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000c33e.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC33E	17008 bytes
SHA-256: `e2e4a56d1e6e0566c7af62d8e80c860636927d97264412cbbeb6ff2907de5651`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000ef45.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF45	10456 bytes
SHA-256: `c67c988ba03ea4ef5e745ee278e76cacf058dd56ddecebf3b74fbb457b943ace`
`font_02_sfnt_off000106b3.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B3	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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