Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 105d4d8a28ca4ad7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:01:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bdfae1bc949d54b0e4d4e748b77b9a36 SHA-1: 8cead581a3146b3f12aea469789c7381675f0a06 SHA-256: 105d4d8a28ca4ad77e30870255f9f9f77e302478f3e14e1f5a8552770fa264b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+almighty+loaf PDF link annotation
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/xujurufiwumisuwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/raxumizonejisejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/3259790739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a8265fc59---49576841621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/timibapununakisafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/788594d404e863228f52504959fb42d6/29228758072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/81055402928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5itlpgan9u3r2iial087jhfmb/30967124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed582cc4e4---wefutuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084188e8d2fb---50222935841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e86651e3a275a99b0184b644f4dfb5d/82215232558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/36348616538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088879fb3e85---jamitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3e663e5d2---15315316424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1f9ff2b20cd6e3233f0cdfb35529bc/49518283081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607282dc6644f---bajosopopawoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5761692fe7a85ba0f940f846f248949c/rabokumexuluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttcnv2eris4m1tuspq8bf3ak4e/xiwujixofajugatinadabemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/bozipufowiligosezuvavibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2e05c3a2f---39994723081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8156a97efbf7bb1939bd3c70d6d12b/folido.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_off0000bef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD708 16816 bytes
SHA-256: f23f0342145d0981dc13fbba7a546d33e09129282463840e6485fa754cfd4012
font_02_sfnt_off000102e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E9 10368 bytes
SHA-256: a84a84642fa451cad8c768483af5519c6cf40d2f3efa4101c40422d0542ed9de