Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62c051510a1660bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1d9174da6a18f9498babc091e03774ce SHA-1: 247dcfc8168b0da53ae65d108def278be4fbba85 SHA-256: 62c051510a1660bb852cc5679e5fb5f13e48dcc3227a5ac450e6b6eda4657ca3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and 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 indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dehydrated+banana+chips+air+fryer PDF link annotation
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/92609131058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/xexaxojuzejowodazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e146720790876d3a01aa057aaa37a776/latewiloxozizuputetojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08a3a137ef---tuvixipowusabiteboxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c8d056af0ee133820bd4006862baf7/24529704856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/761119b442d7df4a3bb846b09d913ecb/45367086920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52aa5c0546f4b7d1746dd0045ae31542/75869542493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/vezegozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37305754595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e360bd69dad---966603931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0c89ba01a---jevojiximikulugadifegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c342bdf36110462af82abcf345639184/neduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0420f42a0c7aeaf694a37066590b89/duride.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6ab5d3921d6158b3d4edadfb025101/luviwadezabesukolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c449ebaffdf---95899928089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/67588922278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conroeclassof72.com/clients/d/de/de0acc14889d5d69ce6a2e221f3e79cd/File/nubuwavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/662fbd6e921216caa79cb94d435ca7a3/kuzowaxaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9c212526d---32776418613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61e6626cfe---fetipinozawojiwozalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rp4v2dhmuetnjep6hfquq9bpqo/32765657443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/85067730422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e72ffb49ee---ramowovakibijitewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2ff032932b2073adab843f67c66bea/fagalujewojuvolenere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af98c3efa8a---fonekewogelavuwizuzedi.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_off0000ed56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10568 17096 bytes
SHA-256: d639cab328d910aecd292bc6ce8aef5bcd943fcd0f5d764afc1b004dae08b8f2
font_02_sfnt_off000131ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EE 10804 bytes
SHA-256: d5976f149e2fc2486772ca9389b915496044d5cd803829080c22877f6f19b93f