Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 317487c50e1c2ab5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:20:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 73887f46592e1e121b5ed3e7da0f77e5 SHA-1: 34876700dff37028528282f6b82c97ab09b7dfa3 SHA-256: 317487c50e1c2ab5295f24701152f7676ff9f01fffa46f03948455be9c44ee0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and embedded URLs are consistent with a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=an+introduction+to+mathematical+biology+linda+allen+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607173f625e8a---36744670824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72e7734a24---8862267887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7de41ed913716906dd8a018cace209/bezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0iopg5iuuf4217endkjmv1dcr/fosirurupupole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///18237008995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c65b4524f5---50487536540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/72476603125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db052f09d4e---gamuvonaralovofexifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/junusugufamevolozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be5bf155b1162c9b90983e7ab75c249/pekeletolifigukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba27390a8de05d294542c30add64f17d/zeluvujodekofonolewije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094078a724e0---34908454371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/felulesivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdde8c93972---80820188900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgf9j4gdhmt7c0b04eqf5jkmh5/79650380288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/jofapijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/wukiwunogotarekurazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e2c529da131e76002910b26e41d46f/56939457098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/12528897562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d6f373f79---84227852400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/saxuwaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5617db634a9ad57d48a88a2b0291c1d/wejemorofebirosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a135db4ee32---sekitobojavizunibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/mabunukerinugifomegigubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1067528e4dccdfe0ca2532921fd0eb90/22015465775.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_off0000e82c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82C 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 40f25dc92ab03f37ea90e6a9cf469bebe2a05d9e87e2bb6b0da59f0835324853
font_01_sfnt_off000101ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FE 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 1045fb35d73eb0f51b82351ccdd6215cb05ee7a64c63ba6aa8fd19b2cde6868b