Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 142c8bbd06485444…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:18:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 43b4452b57c89b485a8bcb55b80b2969 SHA-1: a6f048077f007e48b686b314bc36d62743ae6ab3 SHA-256: 142c8bbd06485444600ff817781a7786382dd68447b7ec9f743d3e2da1f26885
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. 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 malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shastri+research+student+fellowship PDF link annotation
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e0la7vpeboi5sbmsi9slg1ni2/sadolanodijisog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b66fb56f273033f46d52c77d035a466a/3524470081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b21a26390---97359520256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://civilkontroll.hu/uploads/file/92723394151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe3f1ad5bd5e1745200305437d78e1b/70291461436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r8b9opv9q8kcpig0om97b5e07/7783484395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/vasonubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c82a8a90a4---dowavologatakeseguxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/29558320462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4419172b9c---jevamikilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/fuvufenaxowezagujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a12d6e6db---48739411558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfqkave795o9od48u68mcc3184/42472489969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/gatazajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/13085558942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/denofodolumagudemozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/90667451647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/65463437894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/723b4d5015fcbdfec419cccdd022a9c4/11959191193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10a6bd6401---6443175163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772125a9e14---65657993855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/nuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866cb010fed---73894326535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/nomegoxotatemofev.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_off0000f0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BC 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 67101fce0b803dde6416ebde9088a8aa132455ec7d960c270664e39c0d856dd3
font_01_sfnt_off00011fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FED 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 9f03c55bcde6bcafe4e0f3914377fd829f26db6c4c9e8a2bd200984a8930a2f9
font_02_sfnt_off00013968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13968 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1