Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 248f2e94f9be74c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:34:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8b6a5f932d814175111d049cd8d3fbc8 SHA-1: e057b8941caa9516f00ea0af581aa1ed5c1550e6 SHA-256: 248f2e94f9be74c605221376e55d0a74e9a13a2f62930e2533679aeda21e30f5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or revealing sensitive information. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its role as a distribution point for malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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 http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/27090916398.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/ninarezutugenowujewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c8d7c14bff41361cf1ba84910b7511/89538304138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/tumavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/lenenatutovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83cf89dd4904c75c9063c2ff81374eae/zimidalepekatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/58595812627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816d80053a2---8748122774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/vogagugepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/10581441151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc64072a98---tavipudowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/71246123606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/7012928493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da72f9f5f1---kepifovolewupolidafajabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/4210819112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44adfa86732e148c04f94c6e6feae08e/mofenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb37fa23707e6395d1d37564b69de474/25131635890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41f7511010---6626804063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-6/20210706004214325519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc687afea90cd8bb2058aba0de818ce/dejepivaxofuriwamux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nhcp6glsuki0cai50bjvng374/43657610280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/lofibalawutanifatufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/55825943347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/72271399622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=1995+mustang+convertible+for+salePDF 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_off0000faed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAED 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf293da1f70a3dd372ebfa0b5eb0137d6f57bc9a8d6679ac779fbaade522184
font_01_sfnt_off000127e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF9 11240 bytes
SHA-256: dba2025eedfd0b28e5f208498a4516cde3be2216728928aaef295a04a13d7d18