Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adea86e44d9c40b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-22 20:54:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c48d13dbc9001af0ebe2f206108b03d6 SHA-1: 7830db15dc6d0f77424f2c0e3a8870e94c361668 SHA-256: adea86e44d9c40b4126b33dfbeced0961fb7563780308df1a00253d5c606b78b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://egca.fr/userfiles/file/13126616324.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmqj1ltkl5t7fhpbijt45dflq7/xatexoweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/24240325437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e357a513b507ce0618c0afcbc85f22/rujidonifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e37ec2777a72d7dcd14942d3b8b1180d/ponomijira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/xelogawomunoxabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e6137f8654b9223ca776365962de501/dofubewudelututabafejafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b0333b23e---64406070087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc0eb19176---suzidewiwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/pimutanaxebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j419590uhkcoij5eb4doc6iee/sujaxuzajejedamime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/seradesowixososumuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/wibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/22830405313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89f107bdc5---renatevexutebevezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/nakulubagimabonulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b92f32db3---41984122159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/99048951470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chpeve99mu86g0f422cqmt2ij5/vebesiroworiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98648246531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f5607b120---51008728843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaodantanthaison.com/Images_upload/files/12595541382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/73998227858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/novewave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084496da6847---wofoviresegazexuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+30+day+free+trialPDF 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_off0000f5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF5 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 16b2266de658b34b4101eb3213b4b8302ad159edbaddd87211f0664e952440e3
font_02_sfnt_off0001264a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1264A 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 67ccca47c824d369fee4eb919fcad8fb123c247202637232a4292602887689a0