Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91624319c8a51178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:05:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 04c7d0f7f412b23e922590e280c82c65 SHA-1: c3f5cd4ee8b304625c0962e120eb56c246a83ce9 SHA-256: 91624319c8a51178fd7ffc7b8db9970fa9a202f785865e74c81142a58476dfc0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lead users to malicious sites rather than containing a direct payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9681

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 http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/26939084090.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29022bce89---33755839127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/392409fdc7b2909a6f4b1024829dac7a/majivuwewosizonuleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782da288dd0---vigedoferebugilivaromuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-9/20210509123043274118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/nazililetiforazudutevexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c247c8261a8072b6de49dfc4e9b803b/rexigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/4349801997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bce07dfe7a559dd41bc0eb56260496f9/xuvonetanewivowabijazib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/sokolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df3a4e4a39---tapudozadimobusupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3d1e25d3f---pazanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/durim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc50ebfaae604ffe36ba6e0c667ed212/jugirixipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e577f06d81a6fc5a548332dd2547a3/70125987050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/30002094682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/58189062450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18340877242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huh97pomoen4k05hbbqp6gqlv2/rupokerila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25316825ca3fcf5033224d4a77adc67b/57633982289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djj3k09ldng2f6ummerr8a4qq4/govabirapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq8t5hgoe4ps5qhgf60mjabit7/87171778280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/44891003943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7cma36rtobqhhjnkcnfn6g3t7/48060057404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sneq4mkkvekdgp27pqvuth2hq7/53203769497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmjok92f8si7u5laj2l1nkmu5h/bupareforubug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=george+and+mildredPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10401 8476 bytes
SHA-256: b70231db6e1f25f13ffc5ca4a1fbb171552bbd0910376e2c7ff3a5e58ef85486
font_01_sfnt_off00011f39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F39 18124 bytes
SHA-256: 9c7a5ae1ff33fcc244ce196b915f8b5dfa69374206db5b6a931c97f8876cc6d9
font_02_sfnt_off00014e75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E75 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8cb319e1f617230efca1dc0528f09a04498215680feefec09ae102d96d54f3
font_03_sfnt_off00016597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16597 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1