Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 210b737632117994…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 14:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a60edfbca0fa18355b7e7d0541ed862 SHA-1: 839e6c7163353aa09d6cc25ac4f230ef66249f5e SHA-256: 210b737632117994b6143999814e213d5af89bfca393a5d67fdad4e8295b7a35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/48606644656.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33d94253a1e357a01b858d83de14c366/vogopipoweramobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/45099114080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/64920098147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/61291820421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/mexesevixepaxofosifijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivierdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojepogifuwosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/56297710225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736f7674972---64194808507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/konapexozisukasibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/42586679018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/wukusizujetibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4495d045e5198ae0f82f81a5b282f1/98000404298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motiwalainstitutes.org/userfiles/file/36448699715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associazionemillesogni.it/userfiles/files/zolidabugevesegetuwovoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/wofase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53594786484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/62965896228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/70545226912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g99dkguspv2ivndifisotdflf4/bonajufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ff7688024---wimawukixarato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs67classreunion.com/clients/b/bf/bf9552935413f2527bbee995f2dfc9b5/File/wevogewaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/79547773817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/69327788756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=noun+exercise+for+class+3+with+answersPDF 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_off0000ec70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC70 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 7082275bec353983ed195331865b9f3a9c3cdb38e9ef82001a97bb5883dd5df4
font_01_sfnt_off000105a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A1 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 974c9b5eaaa8bda29bdc80746efcc984629afad0202630615443e3fad6d4b925
font_02_sfnt_off00013145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13145 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1