Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad3c8f09267490b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-05 14:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ca9742619cd8e601743b26e80c3e5774 SHA-1: 7849d47475e4b097a6847605f6f789076cb48a80 SHA-256: ad3c8f09267490b50678195f8d044f2832a8aeb01f36670dc8f82f950ec4ed8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further exploitation.

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+mommie+dearest+full+movie+free PDF link annotation
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37e9712785---45805077794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1mrssn17gj55t578op5202j46/pomewenejikagilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/xupedaxukoxupeduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8fqrgu1qiqdgr3oh3b8j2o6o/vazuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/69853462912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3a728993f---4975557332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b67583f0ba---luziwalelejunakazupofokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a477714ec0a---nexamuzafuvipizimosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a633af62ef6---37649672295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/45045237746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d83dc86f367---dodukuloridixodirolitalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7439a3629---96284262741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//burabenitusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/mikefaberuwinajefilidef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tubijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12320189a5f13d8b8096d3183f46c72c/59192750681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/16782944775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608495f44ab02---68615563227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5f2db2ee42---67374410416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c41d35d4f6e527e49355fdfc9026b3e4/28035374768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b5830424285aaadf697bb8d11866fc/50639452410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e2c07913876eb24354ddad38c25cb3/37793744348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pessin-location.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belej.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_off00011907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13119 16996 bytes
SHA-256: b12c1560e80752186954059f99c38fe039d121992e95b12fce6b9e5b38d429d1
font_02_sfnt_off00015d42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D42 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 1600ab79077b04fb3ebf1ba420221d9a58a3cb1aecd1b66c3fd8bcf195946f67

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