Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 265a311ecf9a07b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:04:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ffa8291be801a9eba23c60194236da4d SHA-1: e7903e69d8110ad10cc3353ecdcb537af2152ce4 SHA-256: 265a311ecf9a07b9724d95204641eed925a7826713a70d1560a745e9246c7c59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of embedded URLs strongly suggest it's used as a lure, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+no+internet PDF link annotation
    • http://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/fularosodepedasawufivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17566362975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/dipasudigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/nigalijejojalunafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/42169349386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/pipotaninirapumetefixenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92728853530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/63542914185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132db7a27c9b---wenure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phonphangschool.com/upload/files/mijavetilezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202109/1631200654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/joxolozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/muwemabowewixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dawnraytech.985.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/tafunililizabekosipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/sebukikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d546bfef3c6ee3a37512ea0aa37a1aa5/segeboduregonisumotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87628264241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_B3F80CA3F297F03A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e970da444---damexilapeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61405525683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56824709649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fd16aa78d---34660656159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c53e3c74cdf6c315fa453d693ab59f/25167300407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/34321937765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electric-kernbichler.at/mumujefasedepuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/mixibumaruzibekaxujupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/92615627469.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_off0000c8a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8A5 16308 bytes
SHA-256: c7b53dbd0a9b9bf30ce5383eeabf4ec0b184e305d544f29301c5de566d47b392
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28C 9912 bytes
SHA-256: c0725d20c1cebd38d1f30a8373dbae056c657b359d96d262ce626a1b261e71ae
font_02_sfnt_off0001088d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1