Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 641ad863f94aa942…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-31 16:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c8fb2e475576f7230572c68bbcf05524 SHA-1: 60f0c170630507cd3e65da5508e16c9ff3001172 SHA-256: 641ad863f94aa942ad8cc9350f90bf2be4a20a604680945974a6fd3eaeedec55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a potential phishing or SEO manipulation tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=psycho+dad+answers+questions PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc146601ea7---nononujetapumuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d8962fea8---17692307122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9caa6b99e13fd28d496171b22aa0f51/18860836255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/seduje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7814aae1f853d307596ebef8fab148b/64999508733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210828061834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6lq3etrbp8v2r3cp0oclq8a27/34641076708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ac0bd19d1---16014917665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/4129179320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/xefosegelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49407c458b---dovaxabirope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulagevigavibuxebapovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/vonurakexanadikebuzosebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fn5psv9fd550dfu6fm4upcoui3/vukixukoxisiditaneguxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609001bedc29e---11753928965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29428b630f---33457155317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9dbd7bda7---biweriresibamupajamodorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/74921837019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/70235792625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102813794135---nurijasejidararap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p732sqvm216bt4qvrp42gs5ra/suvozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/39916474455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotec-industrie.be/userfiles/file/vosonenezesojuz.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_off0000f9de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F0 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 07b2467200b42db53773943d34b80da29361bf1f9f498a1c2ea2cdfb07662fbd
font_02_sfnt_off0001417d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1417D 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 4d090dc0531861fcae6014d41faca6d4444d6cd770bd6c50725c41e346c08918