Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8053909676417a65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 68968b771830c47d6c5b577a9fe3e8aa SHA-1: 695ce0e772ad08c40bcb9e3f30a6a8f6bd5fa1f0 SHA-256: 8053909676417a6585a201cad9257382a6d7a47c23439aabb31b196766f3fd47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The file contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external URIs and the link farm structure strongly suggest an intent to lead the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=leer+libro+maravilloso+desastre+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://norrlandet.se/userfiles/file/wuzejibufelejekifoxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b37c3a1d5---tezedivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091683bbb065---muxifowumeriduwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simorgh.it/uploads/file/selato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bed218608---63146396933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa5d83c61c---71431537812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alibabaoman.com/basefile/alibabaomancom/files/9120987378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/matefudefasinanoxunolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c9bf9f640---gagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6n3e50tca25ihqpqnk89mv9jv/dukiwedidaridif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc92f0f282---10975739443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galuvodovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/rakaxewitepojudagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7efacfd3b---39429199756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pi4bfs1etfd01j38m8r7lqr7h9/56144247740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161249ed6b641a---kaxirojepopipoliletid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/62359195333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f800ac01ab6724ad581db77f6975ccf/73756595405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f997458e88---siduxiveximuwekujoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9d6afc924b654dde61eea8ebba25e4d/87864802358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/xodagojimurifafekojovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/jutavano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/fobeverenogewapulebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/99846106825.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_off0000ceed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEED 10716 bytes
SHA-256: e475e4f647ff74c0ee2a7dece4223dce4e6aef231eee87ae105f96be4b67d645
font_01_sfnt_off0000e757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE757 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 9ec0c9e39ba2e51754b50a939968c34085cce1bd9a73143673f9a0c930638d91
font_02_sfnt_off000115c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1