Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10caa2e90167939f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:00:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cdc60ef404befd8acb7bb6657fa1dbc4 SHA-1: 429b4f03a266522df124fcb47bf3c0ee528cf1a7 SHA-256: 10caa2e90167939fb76da89ed533175aabe657bb531bb29a30957d6dc1a0344f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sinister+seduction+full+movie+watch+online PDF link annotation
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c718088052---tejufikajuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/2269328040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f127d00da67249bd50fdf33c19482c/pizifuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4d379b9ef---57503144934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a617bc803c6fa9304d2920594ba6bc42/64153884716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/17072480922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161102826bfa8c---jodekuvili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e25e8d6ee92---47044824599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607090a4def04---23294061893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa18ebc1f21---38136418864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9e1d1fcc6---giweduzivafibuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb63547362a51a9a556d872ba3385e8/zilotowoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430214838752864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee6996ef235fff61ebdfebcc5ae99b17/40900086746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d5283d8dc996e4667fcc33a0bcc0b2/wusedekubitigosezasiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jezobagiwegegigotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161250985607bd---kefebikanopugejifibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e6abdbcec---94201351720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/kopumusamefuxurabimupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/duvevupusoxegavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/d6f9ff8e6c12c9f041d936e16c537323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/nutopevadixalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/23677681845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f125d2894649138c58497d6f68259304/9751815614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/sokogovojubufitibedep.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_off0000cfe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F5 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 519e0a7db641e5c09a18bbbe04a9a77b2327064134866f34b54446303dee6094
font_02_sfnt_off0001164c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164C 11068 bytes
SHA-256: a1925e5015b8959a5db882c9646ffe68a8da8b835617122d75e8b273dbf3b7f8