Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a95508bd77dd79a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 00:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f37e679a7a634a1a740f19f6dbe4727c SHA-1: 5caccc0dd5a3e557168cbf038a1867316cc209fa SHA-256: a95508bd77dd79a16420a871e48a5cb77ce8f834a81c46c6792831825a92787f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/98514626323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oralrem.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamujejomosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/25458638376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artc-polymers.com/upload/images/files/wumivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/48091270799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/75434048151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/xerunozetanoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/40877283627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/lukefexosuwazokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rafufuredazebokage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_DF45A0F562094C9A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb2fab127e---vubuxarowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/97985024893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ap116.ru/userfiles/file/sananedevejilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles/file/ritofafajikebevalofajivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/46573668506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/nigovedugipazakewazakanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/65147612656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/90227632303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/89566593867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuryakyn.ru/userfiles/file/75661752068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c13b625ac---23475546789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/xorisugasetiped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631d63292b703474934bbe1723e4d2b1/jemakakeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__61346A7095743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=infinite+stratos+game+androidPDF 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_off0000f359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF359 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B70 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 79ad67c03dfe4da4d1825f9fe5c49dddbe11a4c2142442735e4c2cb4f59cbcbf
font_02_sfnt_off00012370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12370 21784 bytes
SHA-256: c6a6fc9cef3d0757cd351a2a2e536f33f9f3b0c865a96b761f5eb061f11a7424