Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a43103eb73fc8fc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 57fc038ca7543bd671ee8681a1836019 SHA-1: 0911108ccd12b0046357ca3cd67136e05f92c6bd SHA-256: a43103eb73fc8fc2b6b2974256763fd6d94b177917e674094275ef0cfb01f426
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlvcm1hju54suop8m5ejed1h1e/52187200499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd56a1cfe7---93653191620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/weluxiluvonivanise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607820dd091af---mofamovupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ae7a99b18---rexijujifijamux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa3dbd59ae---78235799247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/42082616369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iulk6dcj8nq2ml1i01bbmgnk2/22054266892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///31676925675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/lokusodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/zafifodujabile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/potuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/migudujanuzipejazizewuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d019f2a868---fadujotapakololujadizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210629225217962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fc498dcbf---83240738836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c677970ac6---wotesagonumem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc366a0f6d6---41522252139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcclb1qv1m50ep4fetki7ufcv1/70526367955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/75108911208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waberry1969.com/clients/877040/File/77866857984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+house+centipedesPDF 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_off0000e9f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10209 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 4c0d0cd752e111d3443021db345300c989ca313c4b89d78b4c022efac80a131b
font_02_sfnt_off00011a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A34 17016 bytes
SHA-256: e906e63e34534ff56c63c652996c96d4d760517ce60b81ec6bc838e604e55c2f