Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 501c750962d692cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:28:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 151dbbeef3f3711c619b02060477326e SHA-1: daeb686d22e19b0118cae73355f7c9691a6df268 SHA-256: 501c750962d692cbf0891b507f10b2689370ee13a54fbbc4a777d2e395225b51
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic point towards exploitation for client execution, potentially involving embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/nowatolodejovibalexo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9qig7kh465g296t747bnhv64t/81574630272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94e22c35bf9a8657f4442e6168e09a4f/tutorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b16b38bb4b08059a3bad82588d09c474/15211315840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5a5njbkrtqmpk0qtepat0boe6/80610723517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8c2dfcda812726337c61cdeca3aba26/nerugivixuwujasomune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47971104560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e18c58c4c3---binuputejeduparodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b1a642adc38cd8807850d0e198502d3/45997702386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210821_174643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/10761528342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/xepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi7pqc8j16s6bt11h7unqlqm7a/48319856295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/mezelosozelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/62521742022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1d0b2b181---92842095730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ftnrvfhkbko0a65keqga79af0/37771190437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5334ef0378d760bfddd08c4a26058960/vewogimeniworol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gple1dik0ca7sti50bejp706bd/5759337118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jdconstinc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekenajibugekuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/ziloruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9adee8387de11c2463a6971c463db1/sixamujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c31ceb881---joxetowojamifakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/82565345103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=timestamp+android+cameraPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD807 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f01e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01E 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 557d8aa75b314a4598f70a96ee9d9809059493966925b313de9a7d533ed9f707
font_02_sfnt_off00010846.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10846 19240 bytes
SHA-256: 00a1aeba46abd88532969a34fc4c9067d6b1b219be62b9efeab2d4ed586c7a30

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