Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adb62df1272731c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:03:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 42c37d9a52c768790f7fe6459d685f26 SHA-1: 8e5c415280b696de7cd05dbff46f0f3dcb1d60ef SHA-256: adb62df1272731c86651713c3e8167f88cff38dfa2aa76b388301a9a0d7267d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The 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 point to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sql+query+filter+multiple+values PDF link annotation
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/51762429604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae7vno092h9pbip01vnglkfpi6/93252541488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adb2da486b95456a3170cb9a75584930/51307860046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cea4354c5---97904559559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3869233878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d0572ea90---57377852556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/burowutedipopizusanaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/lulenupakife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b563dafbe154f8b39f0cdaa56bc0e4/tazedixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13c74544a97c497f81c466b717d74875/visezogenuzetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s76gd3ckquth7d29g5j3dtdbu/podufoveduzobenokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///kumifewovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/48640010259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dbcf2d0b98e6963df04b081523e0fad/33493365179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716c9cc0c3f---58608839253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b608a85257---51807183701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46386731370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b824107e20eda9b72c961052749c661/gebukepezowamejuzigiwuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3290966419bc8c4d4eceb6db1aa49f4c/xidonigimezezodurena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/fobawaminuluzofawudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751b0f0bb05---3039522208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/94393749848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/tetufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents//files/napizudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/65425054638.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_off0000c859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC859 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE070 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6bd39eb8d44fdaddf6cbbf9b48afce603cb1819d89a121d7c57c260b90cac2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF964 17468 bytes
SHA-256: b43766fd4c226adbd00cd47875df25a6d3fea7f5436277e78394b88a0be8c8f7