Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 753c5d291be47196…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1cba0e7f6099f8d99ff65b1546b98246 SHA-1: 0c0460ed3dd5ee3dc5b1e530ecb23dd2fa74e8ce SHA-256: 753c5d291be471968db4ef15095cdba549db4e7f72f7fb149f25324d8d4b3cdd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The primary purpose seems to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8531

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/gumisotajufuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/junuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cb28beaebc196b7d844de21615d5e41/zajinojonugusugurawujumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duocvinhkim.com/userfiles/file/21562319943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokokenepupivutifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55260306889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d00e40a9e---5076924419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/batopasatoxomuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/bevisezeviwewevetomarimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/43861832216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607815bdb0d21---xadakejadujuxezasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/lowixere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/pewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d204c2278d1ba0cd63bdf8cbb189b6/xamepijumekofifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94051839791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/73492306948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l1abke6ekesiug2ev23anm69c/zosusadukomidozalijije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwigexulisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/53586412917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/19463867784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a08732e86---57814037027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50369408335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=therapeutic+exercise+foundations+and+techniques+pdf+freePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E2 10980 bytes
SHA-256: bf8f96df5eb5155b06be86dde5d2b54005efc61d0314fe04cbc1a08e5b95f63a
font_01_sfnt_off0001122b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A3D 18100 bytes
SHA-256: c98b06d73242132a8fd3c92dff82159ddd1f472e95cdeb46ba3078faa479f144