Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c111ad160125c8c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 09:34:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4df8c85463f267b5d047f5f5c01a2c8a SHA-1: 06c54dfe298bf1cfdecb0520002947fcde0e6858 SHA-256: c111ad160125c8c4b23174e6ba2e8c3786488cf9841c4d8d39853b6276e8e825
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites 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. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the 'link farm' heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit users through malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=v+bucks+generator+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47953eefab2b32770ada34ada4bdca4/55687115674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/gateluruwasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210916011805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/pezobimawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldkxzzs.com/images/userfiles/file/22089233781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmsmarin.com/imgimage/file/85432083446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pchome.uzai.ca/upload/files/vulevozagazixabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posetili.ru/userfiles/file/runamuripelipajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c3nr2bqo9anboarraltje3u1/67219904229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/telotetiseru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-qigong-nice.com/upload/files/paxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/ledagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbc69f0d5f---92439589116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/dalemupitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietdubai.com/userfiles/file/gilarifujugapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95742412278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesozebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134db4d9ad60---10145537840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370261d6b9c---gamabegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamapoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/berurarajanaruludaxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463adeed40c---3589747446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/dezatuviwo.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://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_off0000f459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF459 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6B 18500 bytes
SHA-256: e909a0d7853a6dd3d51662ee60c1bc8b0d39d7847f1a21ba3aff7eea4d1e7e6e
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB7 10864 bytes
SHA-256: c368152a3d8520010c94f048cabc76f5fdb03b2bbde18dc368b81744c69c8c8a