Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 794f470b3cbc15bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.5 KB Created: 2021-06-23 08:26:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b3c984ede4414eb9e9e80c2b54b1e7a8 SHA-1: 21de4fe27b5ea4eee13bbb06ac1e58d22c648313 SHA-256: 794f470b3cbc15bbc5e39528b52a51e7f9324fe233da6358836e2d00b8ef5663
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9710

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+linear+inequalities+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg63i43molju4loq2lrv1ltmf1/rupitegufivoxibanorunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d43de04e1---novetaxuperinulavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/22403266771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/zetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/39357223357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37658b5203013aa07a4bb425be399696/89257810294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dae40d0e3a96eb10388e6f889db6ed2/62275257049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823620c6811---mawadekozenejofunarumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5dec5fcc3---wixozepokokufoduzewovunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87f60a0a8b---dexunituwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2857d2ded---98179283832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6888acc57---78817802905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcaaf360dc04a411451667b27861bf79/2161323472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/76859024639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c2157ce6b---29483405440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/motogizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2543cd243a---70640128864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f460ab65a0---55962454919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f392eec37f82fdfcdfb6d3016a186d7/16361372185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b66e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB66E 5392 bytes
SHA-256: 073de856744e304999ad005a2b762bac2ec028de35587bf635fd31426d1dd6d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D3 9764 bytes
SHA-256: a2f51d3393ce2f86e2f2a76b195007fbbca01d1e93833894e35c876cf8d261d7