Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 527119d71d42765e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 16:57:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0faa9e3675d4ad64094baa40ae3f5448 SHA-1: aa1afff4c3c610889eb0aa4fffdd2baf091458f3 SHA-256: 527119d71d42765ed0ca686d26d5df05bb14e021b54475d660f8b76a81b070b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of urgency language further supports a lure-based attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nexusmediation.nl/files/galebemud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/tijusokusugozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609664ef55d7e---38016700156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbddd562c3d---mawomoberuzozokekinowulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/49293521343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqdqmcjekfi8bv9d1teu5jdtfb/91869317080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210615_012659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/beduxavefififutikikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/93023071487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f991d5c004---22616182181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb60c2ee12---96506883556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43faac1717---jibobapuwosibefomolodoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/vevimukuraju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608784d0c6441---divese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa10b2f9114fc1ed4df5331065ba16a/56148622682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3caf9c690a---rijelefetojefiwamara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-st.ru/userfiles/file/36324001477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6684cf2c8d---92527061675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68411d4e11---famominub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecole-anglais.com/upload/files/79720913831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8s6blvt8dg9r68gjgc66b2dkk/20366327967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210607022445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=imperial+armour+index+chaosPDF 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_off00010186.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10186 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001199d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199D 10836 bytes
SHA-256: cba77c32e0957990f33c8323920dc9a1ceda1bc9dc8a17e4a613e1f367aaf4a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001324b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324B 17876 bytes
SHA-256: b6069d4c96242d07d0f8ce78edb255e16e903f4918862e853a5d0dcff887f029