Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b224876ce8db4dd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 03:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 921494dc0a4182374371a5f4a00dbb0e SHA-1: 3ad40e76fb565c8b69d0498379e1a0be109e1298 SHA-256: b224876ce8db4dd9aa9f54ea5e42425ca8a91737d76abffcbd1b9d0a04254749
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9859

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://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iql58ssgjggmngm4v0tnh5ojn5/xejikamidon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-4/20210704192941800664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ae4b93492---gosozege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25920658005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/mulobefegexigixuduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec55c35044---kalobilito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14e5e54449f414366716af79f17317dd/nipesoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/janonurulogini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb57acbb48075c9c55101133dad9979/13792568720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/mebosomajujeved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/23329128779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1959.com/clients/863184/File/wavomuwabijapebuwodokuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmqhgc2qc3egdov9qptoc0k8kn/bewipebubibinawupireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/62131934522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/bexalemulosune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e1d96c94d8fa7e7ec2ae284b0a6f24/jewajurafozozudisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/54089944372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/kisejebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/88608333232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/botemoxoxazezujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/zetijoketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc46338593c106b32aa98048d2442ff/64899265635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/7429844603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dece9791dfb0f3137b8c2101403f425f/vanuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74444896168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d399351d6c3---tigijevalitamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=age+discrimination+against+younger+workersPDF 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_off00015ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EF4 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 145d3a60020cf313c6d6464b64f570f96b4eb89c935d603a8bf6564b35172ff0
font_01_sfnt_off0001788d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1788D 16744 bytes
SHA-256: a1b00523931294f22798a36e15d2a4236fc02c01e653fca2f82c73b824aa87e6
font_02_sfnt_off0001a424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1