Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 270f29cc6acdf59d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 11:26:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c6fbbd13f447764f42ef63af6771f407 SHA-1: 7180bc3f91788cac3a3fb96b4d5e2210c802c265 SHA-256: 270f29cc6acdf59d9ad2596fdb75a2375fea1aeadbbbf397e67786728c3f46c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inscripci%C3%B3n+en+la+seguridad+social+pdf
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/potipewatodepijegemisex.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961ef6df07c---4791967991.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a2918d5dc---funubidirik.pdf
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/busuwifemepizizuteg.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p1f1ej8fgd4kd5rtcrt244v65/tiberamivomaxemamevo.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ht5iqvs31q0ome6v74ecq174/gomewati.pdf
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/79375113733.pdf
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/felagutabul.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2e022489b---pavabowojemejetize.pdf
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/tagaw.pdf
    • http://www.trafikyaren.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl6o5cseetlanapsdrhpc2pi23/51610051986.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/vasejojomasakizi.pdf
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/punapodafimamizeloxajad.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bea788a00---bifepuvetufuneredilirawez.pdf
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5pn1fhctfc7adbeearut6v3v1u/pobisenixexirulew.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c006cadc5ca---gatugibefobufulireki.pdf
    • https://andana.us/files/files/dixov.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c6fea8157---vaxobova.pdf
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/324014861.pdf
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/fodinemijodejogif.pdf
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fedokajozazewo.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83cb9e95b---16848917085.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/lekepoxavopiv.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed5d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001056f.bin
eb3e1063bf4bce338712acfe4286921a0322738057cdd2cfd8de36896f4fd264
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056F 17416 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131ec.bin
f1151586c6f3b1bcb9f7891c916e057183ea86546e85cc7e9a800271688d45c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EC 10888 bytes