Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91b5aeb4fd04663f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c514fc6b014d3705509d106233dd9441 SHA-1: eae9ed171c2a057f0e790b2f51d83ae85d48a2d9 SHA-256: 91b5aeb4fd04663fd33cd947606b939ef68799ed916cbc052f4e8a42d5a62e0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users into clicking these links, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pyogenic+liver+abscess+treatment+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72519772107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zifu-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/49109962384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210722193157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0memm1ua7370f0j3dd85tvhrjg/75706368416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021826110422336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e7b360058b43f2169445005b57d47f/98734229678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq0l6oafkemt0p6ccbg6s3uail/49195588070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/jibiloruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608117e872bd1---37194888713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611dac65a50de---taxasakogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/33543428927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe2192198d9---70724607225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af0357270b---wadavigotuwaramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/24976689732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/75218928241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/zulisorabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1crfk4oh5bnhjh27c8slltl714/76456374676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/gufedozigerajijagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gryfarmerskie.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/ramovusesomevomubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/69135853091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/juzufujesepilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726030e1f05---sodaripasezenopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.org/CKEdit/upload/files/lusakikepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da654ddf40---rodit.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_off0000d8c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C6 16968 bytes
SHA-256: a27f223c10b9ec3a375a95fdedb3470833c059ce24522e2ea0e22f71556dc8da
font_01_sfnt_off0001041b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1041B 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 36931294ea18cc5874951afa09173da10b41d483217cd0602e8d99735b15448b
font_02_sfnt_off00011e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1