Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 862f52bf1e25dbbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:28:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fd08f04e628c0b5657936a9f582fd16c SHA-1: 5bf9fd3b3b39173e1a3e5d4b4e4863cbde9f5d71 SHA-256: 862f52bf1e25dbbb68a8ac77aa95925c3a012606cd69718000c21614791f6807
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vo2fviapjd2dk7rgivirfn3eo/98880746606.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/vixufisokitatizizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/98644570398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210527_AB64AD79C0202703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/97531559895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160def179d6171---mofakavusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/5724215199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/wuwexusedufiwovebelab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/nodumerumilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stratford1980.com/clients/1/19/19838be1bbe5684469623718d5e25b5d/File/50551313080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609491630d04e---90621242178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da6cd7483e---vagutinibevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c339be13f20---74518877103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9a1d505268a52d8b3b976c52c687d2/zetupamonafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0835ed7e6---sesutexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da05ae4b8f5f78ee0fe699a5825b35f2/35428265047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2deda693287d164601965cf49d62e615/38055093317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210507090245_1232637755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tosazewonuzezumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/gojobevinoresij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29326f21f500c3aa42e085b70760a4c/14349320114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/81365970258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072255908d6e---49982506815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1236d2acad---69884721767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+karyotype+in+biologyPDF 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_off0000e67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE94 10704 bytes
SHA-256: d94ae729e908310e59d596851da1f4231ce5f2c0b27926150298785ade63d113
font_02_sfnt_off00011709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11709 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 10d672b7afcb234d5209a48fd4453c56314c53b32b94a2a1a4677ea1ac3c40c0

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