Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 964f9290f502b58b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:38:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7594857ddf7f7e578279d2f92e72c372 SHA-1: 964efc1bf612316d70c81648bfe34dd58a873c9d SHA-256: 964f9290f502b58b3b0eb2f4345ba397950714e1608524781f2506743d06d78a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious content. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://krossinkeuka.org/clients/c/c6/c64aa726effa6776341672ea469011e7/File/jerixigurixewavira.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bc5468ec0---36011922965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meuseguro.top/fotosempresa/files/vunevuzitunarifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/18274308214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19e44dd88f---53858296892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f9f7be7a99c380e3ef4febec5f70b6b/64294417104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46tnllc53ricj4n779bbgpesn3/wumadozotonikogiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/xebol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/71390641283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c10d7ae04f539989503e596a9e92e86/wunuvafisesitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/pigitisiponojebejajoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxcec.org/userfiles/file/33567928455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41446219475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b4fda9c17e0e942a4f3e3a764982c8/41638651584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6deeb40de8---gotowidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cdq258shghbcslnbe2lhmrv7h/80738102471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/42936785484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mckeoughfamilyreunion2021.com/clients/b/ba/baf9e6b347377fae0abe5a87436fc4cf/File/36374558090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/97779537137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f72e1afbd---89310252807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607774b33c4a8---67093290502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cb18e1e94---25462459354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0064217066766af56ed6a33baa784a97/40476235905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=rural+water+supply+project+proposal+sample+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8DD 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 741ad56322b050e8942801ed3bbc186db7ceb00e3b2930c1f969220175928133
font_01_sfnt_off0001148c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148C 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 6034907ed73d6004928a94e2b7e819369eba654f4ccf476868f2a3e7751b1da5
font_02_sfnt_off00012e82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1