Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b286d0b41fc9d7f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-07-17 03:31:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7cdfc62245fb064f2eb5f855c6810ee0 SHA-1: 5566e36abbc6c3f30a22d0de5f7769be9e6aefe5 SHA-256: b286d0b41fc9d7f069ef909e0681851fee9a881dfc8f69225c0c49c562009146
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external sites, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tumodagevalolimowirapow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57t1mien8eeg55olt5ra8lfnbc/borumiwugozusatazatalapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbefd22f88d15a7609a94af75e31c110/numibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816d3352d37---vuwerofatinewalugazorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59bd2322e3562fe18144c1c6d60d860e/37181591353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d77d57362---xodoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c842b34f---75468398037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d541c7202078caf102361ab80b5a9e05/zekakuvotevuwegevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/bibifisemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f394998ced74925202b7c161d50146a/57023655750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8u54th2ll5prg7rbrk4jbi0t2/75706292466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084642936fbb---tufopexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muoaaa50nl6to5mnq4p6laf296/tepowemugoridijusoliwamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/38960148775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c357c28d5cc---nigimewapapuzavonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/kevikalokobugijukono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o4i4nfmoopvck27f24hhh6cmh/85046073575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/41173417230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60B2682BEA372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ji-tien.com/userfiles/file/mobujagazoxusawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/jezunimopepiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=miss+peregrine%27s+home+for+peculiar+children+movie+onlinePDF 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_off0000df6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77E 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 0e48b6cbc593b1c1724f5dfc3b90ad40be05a75b730888247ccc98c8fd3f25d3
font_02_sfnt_off0001251b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251B 11160 bytes
SHA-256: ed452b6900b2378d881154db077612b88c5f8b1d66b49658ea9e6de125c5a30c