Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 785b718ecedb0186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:30:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 42666e2f8973bf8dcb2d8a5e03654949 SHA-1: a4410c0f7e4072af34bb7464f841be52d85a3430 SHA-256: 785b718ecedb01864bcdd5c76928d629a3e7a8167449f55cb0bc480430484027
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing multiple embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with the CLAMAV_DETECTION, points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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=pokemon+spiele+f%C3%BCr+android PDF link annotation
    • http://demenagements-remond.fr/userfiles/file/20210917213627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrostroi-proekt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57588380939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109140402549523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4cd7d98bb6580a5ddb19d5241e20795/16328042889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/24047134062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kes.org/upload/editor/files/paduxegewanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/38361701967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91791380209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp2wronki.pl/fotki/fotki/file/dajuledupegabovuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/vubekoxijedazowexibedabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/27499854258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpackeg.com/userfiles/file/kikizafigufojugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/74172075016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-food.pl/userfiles/file/gisejovumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujurigenubekosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c6393dfac---lopuwidalatubesolakoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/nikuwokovanolisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614069a68564c---wenelokakonux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/35385075313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokunoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140eba557113---ropozopezoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/77939147854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5de0744a8eee5823c5cfa8e064c2b603/25852495107.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_off0000e7ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7FF 20628 bytes
SHA-256: 266ac16bd0eec0eeff4ffbdd2753814a6f320632b6ccb7a17b2eeeced0e3804d
font_01_sfnt_off00011c19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13430 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 981774f062ed6592c9ddb96b7b6eda9e25f512143a41e5b5b7416d34f4169be9