Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab0f42ad1b14a76b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:22:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a69b225cbbcedd4108f62e5a0a15d66d SHA-1: 2fc0d8a44569bcf13a94c794ccd3aeee55a2130c SHA-256: ab0f42ad1b14a76b7a3e70295f29658418e0c10b9681f30768f772f929afffb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the PDF and the URL patterns indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=leadership+excellence+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a554157b5b4---dopujuzefitulixepunumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/bamama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/553eabb135eb35cc2064d992ca2f2d65/54209907394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cda56a4b8---59980864268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934ce9c25093bf09b53b8622162e1a28/lexilojigipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismoporsantander.com/aym_image/files/93846044909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/147c5813ea384459a32fdd557110aa5e/1675742765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4798d3e991---79771479931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d57ffa218b---65861622174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db247f3e8---bolesibufibemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a0bd1e456---32858848062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10bd85f3b6---kumuletijadifinetisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dolowigixizonibipomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/56189664983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a28519d91b5096cc982e4c276820224a/62062831293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/tuladejuvagaxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783579c5eed---puwimubopadup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/32142849849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65abdd0a04a905ee794e867a2966fe46/nabalotifasapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/74682722474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b3ff406b1---48629439523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9383lgalhsvrp4g4fted4q1bh1/lukojolasirefevobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d92d02b6ac768d8bf9b9d34cfcf8ccfc/45799972727.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_off0000ed5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5D 10560 bytes
SHA-256: fa19e16881cd57a9305c89d207889a1a99928162c7dc34faea196750aa062442
font_01_sfnt_off0001054d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1054D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5F 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 75730a06be4ebfe5baef02722e53faa5ce002de380a2f11ef41ea39617baad9b