Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 850d2111efecf726…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 10:18:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: be973d10e7584d3e5dbe1e18a9ae742b SHA-1: 250f2764452474351bd3f0b62034cf6db191015e SHA-256: 850d2111efecf72627187d129e1316c078b72e70034cb705320490f15701d131
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • 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 http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996f01d1989---koman.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa11b8131b6ef6d0be530f47b81dd40b/40501893263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufazifabinivuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/seralobizeredukelomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26af3ca17d---lazupibupevoxusodejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/50142748300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s694vklljja2ogblahik3cdgv3/pobulokabebererigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824bg7sn0f9nicmkev86sforo4/87713497320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/5538303153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda58b042c05a1e18f704d6200787826/gotejaregexunagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qn1qcvbgpn9mmumg2kj29okp1/39926557847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec8c0efc9039c8293628723c1a739bc/mexegafeverodexupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/lefidusigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/2179750343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4554e6ce7953a7f86a512c0b12aa8ca5/buwanabavemekemuxejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/tivaxopigaxogararokiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d65d92ee7aa---58198243734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dec8a640a---13035983009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iq12sol87ooakaaibd2pj34721/kiwovoleworokedatanovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a638a2132---sovetuwelemere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/zazupetofezawowogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff29b3b1f3---pagekobolibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f0205313f---noleberosowosulogenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=circumference+and+area+of+a+circle+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ebfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFD 10600 bytes
SHA-256: dcd1f7fb4e4a02b91e73dfe5277ee3df33cbda30e61a8767dee70a0715b0b08e
font_01_sfnt_off0001042c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042C 18056 bytes
SHA-256: be3f44e4d614fcb51584c3d830c06b52e2b3a517684e0c2ba82e8a400c20e804
font_02_sfnt_off00013363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13363 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1