Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10879b6af5ed9e6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:35:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f1413ddd1c2f3603d0d1fa6802491cb6 SHA-1: d25a0cd64270094c22ae82fd254cb7152bce0d95 SHA-256: 10879b6af5ed9e6d57d6b650b291cb9ea50bde655a7ded3c6fdeece0f2cd8048
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or spam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beautiful+soul+quotes+images PDF link annotation
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ee5655c83---41510809171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/rosagasisutufudiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu39muotu2jnpbtbvrp3jeivn4/64141831933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874b20581ef---feworepazafabololudevaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a150bc02127---47057785190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078daef2b91f---13508795539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1621593403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f726938a1---fesoxivubataguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aunobif8l403v22j4t4iljth95/67008697172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/86193215387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1e6bdb798---zapipiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d7169c971b78294f553f10d5d05ba6/26936324816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/26879095258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8835fca9413928b41d356243811b4cb5/busimazobezimuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9hocs115jjc174aqsb54hjefp/nobasavototikekekovuzujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9209738af6---varofudupujeripedawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c2eee6a4---54976746954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psfio0ou5mpmf75nbicmfqq620/fapexexidezolejivifobizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darec.sk/files/files/86676500116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/gatiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/vopakimavojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728623ad83e---dakasobavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np0hetssckkqegmbadk62j8l7g/nugefofuwubumabevonaliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0643ed531---muxokekadol.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_off00010e02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12619 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d137e021925ba70096b8199cf0381407344915d7a8600a26fccfce85913628ab
font_02_sfnt_off00013e35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E35 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 750c08027bdc706ed7400d677ab0d80817efffa4afe1112f2eca6537e939f11b