Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91f3706d7142d18b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:57:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 98571ac2c1d3faa743ebef96f758c84e SHA-1: e4ad7716c91f0bc22f95771bbd7607f52d9acd8d SHA-256: 91f3706d7142d18b15df4168812976b0812a6ced7b206a92ecb6f6eb213f7303
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of embedded URIs and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the intent is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+law+defines+harassment+as PDF link annotation
    • http://industra.sk/userfiles/file/tavimiworirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochi-mimoto-iin.com/TakamatsuClinic/userfiles/file/15527461540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbce48dd2b---taziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/nopesewuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de90f65b336003a392a7ee58120e4311/61149238085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zufafuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ca5e7224f5420bc7eeb2d8084b9a54/zubomaruxorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2da043714---58192815285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/28809693006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a834147b1d3---libofinemifiwixegekana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/wegamavawopakape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b85daa3f---fokikuwofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca59ce55a3---juwadafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748a03191a9---ferezitusirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/rukenodarekidada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d95bdccd94---75642553356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef48f06b5f---91608004768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf66b613d24---81389722502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/nuzimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdd97a4cab---kakubufulolilipizadolobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e6dg965fmgv83krbh6bsfejpn/xajenokugozukulilifaporoz.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_off0000edcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCF 17448 bytes
SHA-256: a29221278d7fee7ae6a6ec972b4337ef1477d25670953198faca45f810e04d15
font_01_sfnt_off00011b5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13372 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 25e3528d3649d747e4736ef425dc40e03e47a1a02d44e28c77fca544d9a523db