Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10192e33b4673e50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 27d68fc727cd297014a4663bd3a3094f SHA-1: 683ff4aaef513b270b1cb971716069b41e029684 SHA-256: 10192e33b4673e50f7ac34e9037dc5930fc124cf26c084a6487df1e77be71d2a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious activity, likely leading to a second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tension+superficielle+capillarit%C3%A9+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f425203e31---11646079031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37c0c73a88---wixudagifelefanegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31effb7c94---ruxalatikefodinaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b3f6dc79c---nelorebamolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsj02nfvaurcev829gjb01prv3/3092818949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidemuzelowevezazuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/14225707604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/51117807809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/tamirinulixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080fcbe77d91---wuwizik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0323693ad3957892dc6f0ce3a2afeda/42595192045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127823670501---mesalifabinonotibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f315f87db4---66666887821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwartetproforma.com/userfiles/file/raxodinosinabubofigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/11490546761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/sesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73ec698ea5039da07ad1e1ceeb81a2e/15607966881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26266980001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612df766b3b59---29842055208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b449c6a0825474fed2d9669cea0dbcc1/sewasufesevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6572ovte0okc1e2urh9ju9qn5/65906722841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/24870214697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/vafilulofofimixafojagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microlana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutawajufu.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_off0000fce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE9 19988 bytes
SHA-256: f84feaa082f880ecd7dee2b408304636371ed14e830a8582bcd587d0c317ffe1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F50 10832 bytes
SHA-256: fc920a3fcce4c81ddb30726fc3dba6cbe8b1cf425ef96077d50db9fb8f59b5ec
font_02_sfnt_off00014826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14826 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1