Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b84d4625bd6b8c4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:14:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e8a6a6fbada87f106313abd8d3951ce1 SHA-1: b01810becd84eb9e02355e4647ad17e06e4dd328 SHA-256: b84d4625bd6b8c4d68e86defe7835ebac8e655e5e32701bb38cb110b0bb20fab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly supports this attack pattern.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=who+is+the+father+of+odysseus PDF link annotation
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/sajuzuwiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c93f063a4a7---7467877750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/99550917851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05335b6487c65401d17c3f72a4cd7be/kijixujubob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/48983424603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/3290301093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rim5k4noqq0dho0o5vn4vf6np6/jebubejetodigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/18030769870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39c8862add9ae85fccc82c3acd21a38a/mufupagujabiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc9a0376d2---2556508524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/pigosijotawitapabazeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastholten.nl/userfiles/file/73268915678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dt0nvutan889et2uqblp0actl/18447832028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ic1385u2tegal4j0f72iok15/mejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfb0c38e06---4454068738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/waxixola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/suwufazipogebexugopimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elminhaj.org/userfiles/file/fusoziwipalosawumugepigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/99435497940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/ralazopivenopurakafinute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2592770c46---wedurodezopudugezega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/zarukuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f50b9b151a---ropazonefavizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/9886273801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/bunitamawaguj.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_off0000f7d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D1 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b103e76e1023d416ddc605553ef4ea031817383ad668b1c35d3934bdc8d6652f
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF2 17948 bytes
SHA-256: d788c4e9f474fa0c5bea4d6b7320e84dc34a157319321caaf7d89109e943e1c0
font_02_sfnt_off00013e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1