Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2517168a76f983a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:06:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 00269e8e1cb4908af7d7ee5aab74d9eb SHA-1: d562dc717c1fa052aa1ffe36598a99eab21d35ea SHA-256: 2517168a76f983a4d680eae794f6eca3b37e54ff161ad5f91541edcee1399677
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, as these rules are triggered by PDFs acting as link farms on untrustworthy hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=5+june+day PDF link annotation
    • http://fnathservices.com/upload/file/79279483170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/50547957692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/340b882d3840735c523c5bb7f4a60f04/45862070045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/vewifefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitoursegypt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66721190326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/35301173678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/66280672294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/bominozedosozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/toxojidigarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9mh8290628hfpcn9i57s8qq93/dalopukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/govibelizuvidosasawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744451b3073---tawomekimupirinawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a697a0809---72718530100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6b7a1202ff6ebc4c4d7443b74993034/tinoxamilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/zuxanilejudegagizowakugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cf659bf93---74392463246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6997d3a90ad1fba018764f398280b03/59957137405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/80220469466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/32317391269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/kemotanuxaxixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/67920576908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77748120811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/wodukukibuwalabalipeperum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg2robqlt8m4m1tea6402a6fo9/detudorakuwuzokanoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6aa3bec64f---20938361010.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11322 10000 bytes
SHA-256: 10dab8462938f71c82ab536905243fdb19faa5eed8c43ca9abca7db6aa95f3cf
font_01_sfnt_off00012961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12961 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 2b42f680c1005bd4cc54e30cb8bb7ffef5d03019fd97ae4673a73e0416d97504
font_02_sfnt_off00015888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15888 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1