Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 279c0e5cd6e9c0e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:52:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: dd8862e18c88184e903499c899abc5d5 SHA-1: d1546cd83988886941658523f59c6292b148601d SHA-256: 279c0e5cd6e9c0e258ed3952585e1d3ad1f611a5d41b3baa8e4da79ef7e2826b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these external links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+consensus+model+in+criminal+justice PDF link annotation
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/riguzenederifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4d3296dc---99553262298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/14082739799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d655793d9b---44375767834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b759118d6---fomalitemoruzera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc723965492---bolejufujokezinegeponov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba658ff2ceec3179771e3d4f3d762938/38346588970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297a49392dac210fae5bc72d7af2927a/98819987478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimkhimientrung.com/uploads/image/files/78669929403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cdc732eda---nixozobamitexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hap59kncfaokmfl2o2egl50lfo/63658785379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/95872949515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/rajuvaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejivudunagezofalebijolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f82d76c260b4dbf258f5fdc0d57ee8/noxelarikagetuvasoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084971a2aadc---siwufategog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/34404443642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac34936781---99134865082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nokovojixigobaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596tmlmd25da9u28e4ie5uf38i/xewaxekatuterixavupomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9167e7d0d0d09a00fa92276faa4968/tewopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2073a402b2---59158476245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///xemajugobuzisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irc1vhnmqfe5pivcebn70p50su/wonifebobenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/85209460449.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_off0000f600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF600 11096 bytes
SHA-256: f7fe88412136794186a3e62399de4f091a62557419e729ba73eee1d0ddabafd4
font_01_sfnt_off00010fcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FCB 19380 bytes
SHA-256: e18310acdaed018853dd4628bcfc633538c6c8a03817626970304222e35b3e03
font_02_sfnt_off0001408a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1408A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1