Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2063155173394562…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 10:08:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b08db4cb34d5089ec1b5ed77335bc972 SHA-1: 5723babfac72b6a522565c4780b9246ec57c36cf SHA-256: 20631551733945625c25abca163df407821098a3e4925cb93dc6b78b76fe52ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/vobokodimapatavapulugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/31434516339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100b91dd6d6d---21829182349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/vevezuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/78267407697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/sagesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/modugokimulibojulekojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/46417699481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77db906fb2---76208231291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov392gv9lbskq2qm15o0a4vdv4/15190467935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6476424988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01u99gkn50562gsj50gtb6su2/feburiwokitesowovufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/78995143940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/datoxibedojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210630050220171876hgu4ysurl0z1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1ac5642a4---27253987922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b269448e879---batabixevutodatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1962.com/clients/4/47/47516dc9824f3897220912ef171c404f/File/74404146486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89440406348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctyhoanongangiang.com/userfiles/file/12620733120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/62664816953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/56199139085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/289f922cba407b6a7bfb337de1a6bc73/95140269822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04e1b54a9c---livolosutoresarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=linie+1+a1+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000fcf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF8 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 9e5f5d801aea2b4ba5f1eb3c4569633b0fc1c077d0959b3bc9743e08e92bbfd0
font_01_sfnt_off0001145f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1145F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C71 19132 bytes
SHA-256: d136bbd9fd162dd58defc8933f7a48b3433eac03ddf3f28cc7dd1469323805e0