Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281b293d59e16955…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 18:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a46eb615088886c4359435c2067bf663 SHA-1: 4d583047ad22bed1be81b60919f1d64a9ca2e7b9 SHA-256: 281b293d59e16955c33f05f141a33636e981ed8b6e1e46b1d457c510f86df753
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these redirected links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the analysis relies on the URL structure and heuristic findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://badrivishal.com/media/wakekam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de33e25f98---xoxixetiluxanodosetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8d8bcfadf9e101d8be44941c682d6e/5250623616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ba952411c---2573518770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/fakepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb4cff3fea4---55679258761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84d01ec021511df1101b5536d20cce9/17284301761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74939b179d---33515001441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bupapetabukaxomiximux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com//files/kaxozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.com/file/jojivitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/divowuvirerag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/6154778062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/23259655193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8a1fdc71e1---viziliwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265d5947a1770df6387f9221022ff129/sudulogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30ad67d2dc---loruresisewugagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/13618395935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a024f2a88---62561795119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industra.sk/userfiles/file/12738115819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb455574b1811dd116c7f50765c2a249/73665362157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceafb77cac5a3eddda850fe3dc400146/simigatitupeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/82612176700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b9cffd4d6386921a1be491f839eef3/xijotejonimiworomuzusivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s00gnftb3m5mlfqg0rgi4i6lf5/97498581541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+wash+pillows+and+mattress+padsPDF 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_off0000e310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE310 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 2e2e3ad0b417bd6156e6015de846363a7434a80e2553c959ee9733e55e27b0a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB82 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 50ab3ed17a0a16480f13bd5f73e7b75fbe490924fcfbf4b0100d795aaedf369f
font_02_sfnt_off00012708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12708 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1