Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8164b55250f0e0c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:53:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5de137429ee160ffdd676e1068deb1ca SHA-1: 64ffd85e0b4573ef1cf9af9df9919d68d425abd5 SHA-256: 8164b55250f0e0c9452c89d50357f7356cf1555726a529a9acc1a158ab532852
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing content or download further malware. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=play+store+minecraft+story+mode PDF link annotation
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgv97n5eopcdcp79bl68cqg261/dokawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/sugozupojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/84653889084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10369ca4fb---47498375160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/tafiwonekenugemolawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/muvonobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af195a6f4d5---26741875677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f95b46936fc6418dc3a5bcbe930ca54b/joposipebiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075783b6685c---worepegazatewuliluvazixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/veburoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/xusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/53563642250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/zepigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/tesula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c543a66198e---debesulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/66196669009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/motike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609875476175d---59125933077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/radufatetevusefimapezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibeaufamily.com/clients/870383/File/66739161328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/geberutibelumutosopixosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/61933644595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6cvcd9js351ccdipj2ri54jc/56528296749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4206972d2e---jeturidotevi.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_off0000e78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78E 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 741ab70fa1dc0bc67d99dd94a9987c8ef9c17a552852ce35b8ad303dbdb1e9ea
font_01_sfnt_off0001005a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005A 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 9fcc5d40c4b093d142189baaa4107ad66254592e98e3e07949fc27e8117a68fe
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1