Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 417c1107897d74bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 16:02:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b9591a8aabce7650ef3cc61feac01e6a SHA-1: 305c304251f23d2ef00dbbf5712d0ff3fbb8d203 SHA-256: 417c1107897d74bbb0e532335ab6a022e6912f92838c9dd4a1af7e469a51bd6a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or scam lure, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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=cramps+after+eating+pineapple+pregnant PDF link annotation
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/97288771566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a91cd6aad---24046841030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01kk0ge9i9dbvpumvd96svkc18/22275312845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/togavelopobadokesojezubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/jozevamisofizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25spl8jmlcd2n51srsj90q6dp/zurejevelobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cf05ec92ebf8f6c0bf9888974dbe065/poketoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samilove-payitforward.com/clients/f/f9/f9b0b202ed5d2cb263a89f8a9bd08a94/File/bejesunidinafaxaniwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/notadinebamarofaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dfc45444f40aec714e2273b9f629b80/14779170402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645ec3f232696b0aa50ddc5631e5cb9e/mapobuxowuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84800204358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/jufabiwetekitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82964110078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/xirabawutoxorozofezafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8356ded98a74fbf72c0e85b3b11277ad/83724071559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o9rnah1s8o7tk39cl0h53t0ra/97988926843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edbcagliari.it/file/fefokomukolasiragifuburit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/dutaralakulisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89da18e6a2---dukowefagepigopinowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac07df1f72---zoxogomuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/97337721473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e19e35eb2af419e9589ba32c87e1b101/42586806982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbu4qggk7qiuo2jl6kca91nu8v/fojizomukuviwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78c18ba35e067b7ceecfb2c77495098d/forudelojowavujeronakad.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_off000100bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BF 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 6ec84d472807bfc2adc3faf9eb9c877e56fddb0df0432f84719c31f5b8b2663c
font_01_sfnt_off000118fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001310f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310F 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 2145827a8aa03379b688fb5bec5cef3e9eed7eee2f1b00e00befc3a9b231d0a3