Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91762c10a5727f84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

180.7 KB Created: 2021-07-31 08:45:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: f2fcfdda0a87550b457a3d15aafb9473 SHA-1: db3d4aedb678f4b83cd438defbe0f55b52301eea SHA-256: 91762c10a5727f84188e5f8a8bac509a83382b91be05fbf70086cf2197b091d7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing attempt. It impersonates Microsoft and uses a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure strongly suggests credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9719

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+sea+of+thieves+free+on+pc.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+sea+of+thieves+free+on+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39d8f613343b2b70f2375dc2d4465c2c/87173600375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42e394146a---80316555255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/laxawekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cg4uvueljjkcfp04ojl7oj1mko/47102618357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/dopegasewamasizipazevozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/59603851859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4768a475488c91111338e00c5a9d2f2/jigufevoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaae3411fa---gozunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/pexazawirimapuvogizuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c86ac5dcb040b525e219905da526010/zepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/nunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p13apipn6c8vf65al8qtujhdg2/xadakojebipewetixulise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4444021a3602bdd743d726508c921e37/niwenoporalidugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yt333.com/userfiles/20210729/file/1627556984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4ec113a8e63877210f4534539fc37f/naruwaromesexagurubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.ca/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/91271741202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/watagelufilerudedazipada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrlk2ufbc0g03oq5o50j1q8iu6/rofimozetadali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/75511482965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/91683503953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/gepojowujefemito.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_off000262f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x262F4 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 4e26398230b9d5c961911fb4f8611bf95626e833df41d6637db81f3d3ec0a19f
font_01_sfnt_off0002939c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2939C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002abb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2ABB3 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 6a839a11cc729b6398babcf17e0270c268433bedcc94560ab39f7fe59e9b0631