Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 375aa4a51ead820d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:04:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 395f1d569efd4a7fc183939d3bffa7a9 SHA-1: e684ec1cef342898d895e55011361b1f70d44117 SHA-256: 375aa4a51ead820d83a5f3e6034c53253b94cee27317615087c68181d7e916f0
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URI findings are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bpsc+non+cadre+job+circular+2018+pdf+download
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/xuzeve.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82345d4462da611920e347fca1d5b7c9/17249834647.pdf
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/zapowoxorij.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919039314fe09de32722e87a962233da/2621004682.pdf
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/kagetipoganoxowi.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091775c396fa---mosadedaxit.pdf
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/dimatutuzapetigoxowipo.pdf
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/jinuvure.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645a98d36212582eabcfc21568127c63/gadaluv.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770fb76b13c---99066233378.pdf
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb6f1181daf57757c18479805826323/55183070309.pdf
    • http://merklink.nl/site/data/ws/files/duwefimobuv.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/64030105494.pdf
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e09b0485ad1951810a75f7bdfbf30998/78800156317.pdf
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/ronazowujidipo.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d0fdbc45f---6676684446.pdf
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/65936337852.pdf
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/semejoxipejepud.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ossusui05l0of1ploejjbg93/57889837961.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcbdc4089c---tujilefileweduv.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93dff35876---31716951185.pdf
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/64042951750.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_off0000de67.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE67 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f679.bin
d537df61b72f320544ae10af8e96069a30ae83fc713523672618514a086bf6fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF679 17480 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001240a.bin
31c811ff6df645b511ee5ca7afdd1d313f84a6de1375c900aedea27d8a17e544
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240A 11524 bytes