Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 186115003e711a36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 11:28:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d9f200840b6fc3ed0561fb6710425c4f SHA-1: ac3bf55b938332810b8e6edcfbdb6828269f351f SHA-256: 186115003e711a3649150aa21193755613b48eac2064b50a89016ddd2f8c3cc4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aldi+application+questions+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c193b5a9ec02ff180d835e7cf6c230/rojozuwapomubete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/84006835101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/98190264566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41879569898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddc35ab55b---ziwisujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d01f6e048---18226647347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/puwowedebakebosopikotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/nebupifozofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0d049d81c0a8a6e63b256937990dd9c/puwuresesanamefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/bexadewajasexudaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/60880777760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rvb1qhi8jl0vsoufc75psp51i/26191958174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///vivutuzixinekalupebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d784764b934856847c382660389babfd/bilevijiwonijokava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba86bd8904---18613960077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/98271097756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcebbc7fc35---makinemipeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/luxepupobipomorumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b20df505---13222853470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e57346998---91027437501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5890153589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqsltj0m63h83g267gd8ftldt4/ramidezuzibiluwulikugufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/13054299135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b0c99b707fd71a8e343a689d53d309/37330892452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/ninoxajiwokodapopivufe.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11064 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12875 16224 bytes
SHA-256: da79484a7f94e028a8871d907a282bdc2df095dfef79f7b1f2af1efeeab75da7
font_02_sfnt_off00013e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E16 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 3fbbcaa5ea1663ec7345635bb47ede41b2ac73facef6be1e706c4099ea4ab311
font_03_sfnt_off000169d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169D2 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 15d04ece23a222f9f10ab661bea954de7b353662f3d3f3a8b5ddd9faa8d19a47