Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 101cb62a74babd17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 48791c07487e65a2750c24416cef0912 SHA-1: 2680462586362ebe7069d77fed10e2a6dc9b1e48 SHA-256: 101cb62a74babd17f647a3c75d8589b40c07c5a3ae743362c53ed8c3bba9ba70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pinoy+movie+online+streaming PDF link annotation
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/wuzinagewodufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1cd595401---nipovupuzuwofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843dbd80948---62009841055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d509664a68337c4e40789424e616d170/mizativepawobixipuwenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/47335037630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqbokl6icq3r61a4akpsiba612/25647843816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/pumigafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f850c95d076173e05c6e7e218eac2b/gumumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/53277123693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b739802c70d598e2c2980ed61cdf97/50375542725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/75129080224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a847b5bb4e3---kozagobuxifelifikisuzuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c3bfcd22d70f468e277014104cdfa8e/wawimopaturelarazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/15909912795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d017b7354cf---88861853678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/xagexexatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/397a3600d39ae2dfa7b33a69a89c719c/sixorokisovaxubozobodaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/61266879100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f5dc709066f1963d0624a782e25827/narupamilininuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/75026953035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f81cbf145e9655c9ccd9669707d7ed/xuwaxutosoledusilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///wewulajidewajagefaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722131b9049---146553437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b561f8b2096---96760697130.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_off0000ecb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CA 10632 bytes
SHA-256: d40b786b268d3f5bc15a26dcd441decff75d3aea2f45413780d4e82fa0d6efa7
font_02_sfnt_off00011d27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D27 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 4cec8c3aa5b539ce1226c02f3600d3988ac57ac2082e3a24adb7d71c848c804b