Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312242e3522796be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-08-28 19:32:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30d218f33b4735d24a20328263d20d69 SHA-1: cfbb9b754f485d1f20d83389c132e428c4da68b3 SHA-256: 312242e3522796be1e6c173765159f08267f7b06841a731254a146e65c7c4df5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's purpose is to lead users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=extrinsic+value+definition
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/262b6957b1e3ebd97e68c7b7d0adf9fc/59475437392.pdf
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/67177059838.pdf
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/lexobakum.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/038882ea880d81b1b5c9d8cfc706e907/64579294057.pdf
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punelus.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5747132ca---regepalofizavogale.pdf
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/3655312416.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610726d4b0c82---47056291265.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbg6ol4kcguf8c2ekcvg648933/rirefawewosipiz.pdf
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilekogikajutufero.pdf
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/11962455987.pdf
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/1dacefad6ff53d15e7be5718427df3c9.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bea7e9987f4a91546d4c5a393ab2892/21662595201.pdf
    • http://rcsiprojectracker.com/userfiles/files/74069264768.pdf
    • https://exporoaster.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/pibixekiliguxuxafijuwoges.pdf
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/kijagazonobe.pdf
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/70769902802.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754b8523ade---4065236867.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700ead55499---70651019900.pdf
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/gozidefisolonunubixulotak.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkn83vivtbu43k0pffb37021n3/76885369676.pdf
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemibikowugeberogeju.pdf
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/fijovixuxaxitidezu.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761b486c2c7---73541035207.pdf
    • https://legyenegyjonapod.hu/userfiles/files/24291074232.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_off0000ba12.bin
5a6b83dc608f51fa0e999e1b4caa6d42df466af82d57a45281a008e1954da2a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA12 10720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2db.bin
30af031c789687622213ca7b02853f7389b8f51c21d152e3176b913fb49c9580
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2DB 14600 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f773.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF773 16792 bytes