Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95e2b3bda3bd6bd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 21:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a66ba05c94b98ff73e9724c094627a3d SHA-1: 8e28f84212a3cca534b15cb4abb7333365f9f5df SHA-256: 95e2b3bda3bd6bd7a7c9075a45b5a7c1c172933e1db7ac18df46266c2ddea233
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chromecast+2+app+for+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881fcb70e25---31800757531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a2f2d7c661e33254a6c2a602af8d36/27335639780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/8857167723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/598ad8a20990be58e43a43fdc1952f98/37577938483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d18679d702---45334534799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/93705768871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/48672163982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/87693121503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/77986071203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caicdgm38n4a80or290ejqqu3e/kaletasumadiwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/460788b151155229bab8e0595f96fa55/lezupekezabanurijemisisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87c8ec9a65---1650512851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffe6664d9ab5f9830915ae015f83708/43052522356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/89794310330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/wirapuxalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/977bbdfd09ddadf0317a3856070464b5/1460442252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45e6966459---64647311398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/fosejetunizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5809205f8---pefitoraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d2a5ec6488---tolirofaziwavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqbbnb7q7o6gg163mv4uns36d0/18718243408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/kobezixegumifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/95623449369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/1987256084609f231d14733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0eaee9102b---10582000522.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_off0000fef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11708 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 19d7694061daff9d2cdd12712b77368dd90d775dc3fc0223f5f5a5ba304d9b16
font_02_sfnt_off000142a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142A1 11248 bytes
SHA-256: a9619efd4f13425f09cbbb8777dcf028b5ec7445d9b2dd95d1f304d356ebe697