Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 113e11f2c79edb0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:36:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a435388a48be2c88be0f7415bba3c22d SHA-1: 171f8d327e9978dad904e0ceef426d8d3a29f3a9 SHA-256: 113e11f2c79edb0b8177d683ccc700e470a3f9f2e54b32306660435a18fc39ed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. One URL, 'https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dremel+4000+user+manual', is presented as a search result for a user manual, a common tactic for disguising malicious links. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dremel+4000+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d2aeb3bb4---17923629221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3c13804dbd5a5890ecbe6eb13144ab/jegaxesolexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad0e262b6dc0a0545a86911229c7f020/kisexesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tamotoleresodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96651629493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/79368083722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hbl3369mq0rvgu6ig4mtq3gin/femune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612064e77ba93---27244900591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c988bddd59d24e1249d11aa8de7cdb4e/48242224600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/14492881946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/44485618127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/36638363404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/40255361628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/73377909202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j700ft5h9rq3n0iqanvg2lil5q/lekuvesexiwurekebibike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/73299816714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb5695f50c7b91e9503b45dd03db350/95523291053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/573419c531f50948da4fac13947f919b/rewuvozobaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netcentricnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getisaguwetazubaluxirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/lirokamusobomamuvadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/kexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fd10001dc---83556330944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novzelandiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27913484314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4f0b0864c8d8fe706713cba2c7426f/56641542735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnuop8qsdpahv57shlel7fruk0/15557516436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ad7arahn0v8j0u8f5eva2v5n/vinutop.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_off0000e73f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF51 18400 bytes
SHA-256: 6745fec33e69e0415c90117fede9c8b634c4ca9e42190dc3f7d20cd24d1153e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E39 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 32ef59cf954599e00db1711de5645083254bbdd843afec4cb511db725e6e8f73