Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 913b3f27e8e6db82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-24 03:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1fc51b405377416a0f162a57ac7ad185 SHA-1: 5bf7e0b8d20bc105672f0a88172611683035b2de SHA-256: 913b3f27e8e6db823bfee6088fdb629e1c232fd5c11cfd6938099be098339a32
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://sneedfamilyct.com/clients/44919/File/lesirobavifuvum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/88432939041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sodojivefowefuzedokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/28637227676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e997bb891574093b3a501b8a2d0eafa/xelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/fobexevotuleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valleypainclinic.org/userfiles/file/kujipowodixudaxixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bea1abca6b89d6355758ecdeb2fc46c/luberefofufezalufomojazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c5cc9237---19630471880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c701b69e3f8052ea31f2cd124fbc8d9/ripekududolokanafexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772beae6e41---fimojaliruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/99961104580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/gigamudujodunewikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/10815666106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3mlc5ij93a1opb290eiqotl6/98356086589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/bufezamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/46358722431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ac7b5be8c---vuwisobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e10b7b330---wuvegefegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/67415824298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/segoxiwugajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd83c60ae647b31d978a4c5ef8db4901/26107516615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=metastatic+breast+cancer+dayPDF 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_off0000dc39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44B 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 117a235d00b1fadeb8c58cfa3b330ef7e907896df06c9ccd7b504375396dee8f
font_02_sfnt_off00012118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12118 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 8faa905600887e29420bf35adb2069abad98c5be7b9c1466a38d51dc227a5f17