Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 392ece4b6cf99c64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 00:55:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 254433dd9cb3ba2975005cf8e0461354 SHA-1: 5080f9ec08571456f297248bf3837a687271fa9a SHA-256: 392ece4b6cf99c640da6b1c445c206649133c3d4861b4b95323d34c9dba5c0fc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guided+and+unguided+media+ppt PDF link annotation
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/vetodufezejuxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a802c698302---kuzapesemosogupemaziguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/malininas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limitoniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/68109931454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/58465421431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/mijumabesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3696f5c14522bf2279dff7639bc98e8/zunodipugojiruborarevuruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/27994726657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/0238590529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf9ac89fa9---sumutikazibonuregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082330602591---91340672883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46679067187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13f46ac38---82065014602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f392db0214---83736643639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15230211558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/xisovimomibakevupenaxove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/jodasisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/nilerowikefirajudexepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208gll1i83tf92ni6qco92m37s/36242473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/gukozozepimepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j5nun5seu7t3fcr5krpv540u2/38970556598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dadovizofigujipaniz.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_off0000f68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68C 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 20b615b077e0156ddccf27e42ecd8f886f677a67f4da92c99820dae1715a2fbe
font_01_sfnt_off00010df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF8 16840 bytes
SHA-256: d10445963fc8f3996993dcbf2fa4ac27b05a66a8071464647ce0d2ca3fd5bf30
font_02_sfnt_off00013947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13947 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1