Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 214204087d96bf49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:36:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4d55c8b70e672e96aaab99147736fcf6 SHA-1: cf61d4ac76b63587384a2a5ea916da2637a8c50d SHA-256: 214204087d96bf49bd543d6e686f1e76db39330b6074a60610a22c00ad0997e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+heat+resistant+elixir+in+breath+of+the+wild PDF link annotation
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/xafokijevopike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/52688777748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/98679831316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607454c18a54b---nunanuvurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97486d4e1152e489a0a0edc68e87737e/muparira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5c327f140---pupoxibozaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/kegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f99cb606c---90151980429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4ef7d8461e---xeduwoxisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8d5dc0254---49025953773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/wasosojodenedanaxazaleniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/vapezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9d2996d0b2f3b3bd3aec9babc3c5f0/sumakajokozokiluvozid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/59346592541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/dibifepibiwemitefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/zofagamosabomogugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkr3n1podsqusc4m1996ltu5ee/kiwumosedowavizinaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978610b2679---55336582394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a989a0a279bbbc0c22068fe59358aac0/10078080649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79726766a6d768eea27c17fd1dc6258e/pagakatofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062016261673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59a78afaa1---tovixuvokokadamesosorazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/688c000cffbaf50c4452861f43dd5ab3/libonufopivutapu.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_off000105be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BE 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 25ef80874efd7477050ab24b03dbc97a7fe5a7c8af51f5a0432c60817bc068be
font_01_sfnt_off00011f33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F33 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 790eccb774d3dcffb72b9f14fbeb516833c1bf93ad3692983858d65a289682fe
font_02_sfnt_off00014e25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E25 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_03_sfnt_off0001639b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1639B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1