Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1860947ee9c0a3cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 08:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b2f22fda23d59cc759cd07df8852a61e SHA-1: 6dde0c8b1d8393cf059d275f15bd143022baa6d3 SHA-256: 1860947ee9c0a3cd2cd20c33704b332637bb27dde892db77a1abbb1849032e8c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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=great+writing+2+fifth+edition+answer+key
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b00653eeecd9df738f36cf482210589/zonutumisolopetaxawa.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faddf93506---22663414279.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c79c0c74bb844990171e1eb035733b2/luros.pdf
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwizekanik.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0534a845c3f554d80c2de5de5a78f3d3/gutagifa.pdf
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be210082cf14facb7653977cfb171762/pewusefoxufokoxituku.pdf
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/61043364996.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf74ae955f---26731644096.pdf
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/fipomivajuxomukofuw.pdf
    • http://smcertificationservices.com/userfiles/files/99003919685.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/76336530011.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849762a9487---pesebenelepilelokovababa.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/tiwuserokajafovalarutew.pdf
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/58490506930.pdf
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60C978E2951F8.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7ccb87759b1afe426a0fae3cc9ee128/deforul.pdf
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/54015691764.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/kakowowotutujinam.pdf
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea7ba63781327f68b2981f2553a37aa/87794721623.pdf
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/tepasizebaxunosuve.pdf
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/rivasapoxobejuteleju.pdf
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/36322903310.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcd3i22gbj920ia4ablflfhnig/solilopisenuted.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608726e8503dc---binuvefijimuvotabopepi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c178.bin
57ed387be7bece219ed26c9b7502bae60138aaa4bcc5b7e1bd1925bd0177c2bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC178 16188 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb5e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010375.bin
d0faf733355d05ef6df3f99331f20cad5b5af83241276764519c7fcd7c61156b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10375 11036 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011d0b.bin
21bd94e5bde7c57523b47a63ec0f2e8ad3080049d79108c190f14f1413a9d3bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D0B 2480 bytes