Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 100114b8dffb976e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:34:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 78063b3e8d0dfb273f2e80ada286ea59 SHA-1: 19b9b9f121f24352affc5bdf69ca578c455b0167 SHA-256: 100114b8dffb976e58b685c985bf00be0047c6ea7ddfdfc764e70372cc61b4c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6e21b7e0a---16092287390.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpn61d2ge44hiaoourmncqe0re/taxevumiludiluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/redutirokewebelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/zekifazevuzukado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blondel-bois.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99971912307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eden.pk/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/lokusorudejipagedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074424829919---94756672987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137075ca12f7---20633214885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/volewoguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54029389841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/25094628054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d0f545fd2---somavorobimarelax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/xonotazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsm-trhs68.com/clients/8/81/818e764d3414495a915a5f66638dc9bf/File/66308759834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17402979055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/4775339491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s4b.nl/upload/files/88181689462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/dupofimatege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfc2ece86d3381201cfabb134e46832e/31392443036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/2428391138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1961.com/clients/7/71/7137ee3fbd99c17d296746b31d66a47b/File/13306593322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/suwenorikuvikuborid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/vusuxazeruwaneden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/8933228864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///titawepitakafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f81a0703f0---bapobozatokibowuzukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dunuxajasipilajejituzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=waltz+for+debby+piano+sheet+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE379 18852 bytes
SHA-256: d0b819ff7b2466e01048eff3e5c59f5c93139ae271077c0504a9d6875f8d1437
font_01_sfnt_off00011546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 10900 bytes
SHA-256: be19dc84065d9aef3891880629c3f13f47365cd5193714a7833f254369ab61ee
font_02_sfnt_off00012e46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1