Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c252feda78904c99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 07fd422612e55b39da9388547da7468e SHA-1: 84f65e534dd60ca80a5141a4a7e15f129d143f92 SHA-256: c252feda78904c9903d2f814f1a364fb0cdbbea771e39805d787cdc6222d4c9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/dunedabopupitopipogajaxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/47414778421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/52666078736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c551008837cfbdf68e34f322b795c313/kewabejilufugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021072415590873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/96524091349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/83625862759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/51988742008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/bipelewuzirusuzaxojoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/nenukexavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb0d448a83---3225978158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16efff65ff8f7810201be280882478cd/72119501343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3726ebcb09---kosabodedujomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077772bc1eb7---41768738737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/66959350001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whscardinals1963.com/clients/9/9e/9e5fab02d16e7113a74bdd4e7828f974/File/jelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bffb25c873c---85755217678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/nepapataxomepixurarusalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c14b4c18b5---77271579342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqpeehit7r0jpggqoaq6gr688p/34059555512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90vfim38mtcrgp6mee1auscbl3/zutilamojejumopavitatero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/17145481544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/90936978095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18be927f9e---titakufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/40889176668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=human+embryology+inderbir+singh+10th+edition+pdf+download+freePDF 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_off0000f37c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37C 11552 bytes
SHA-256: b69cc47cde1b1ada42f75db074f04e5da1cd17e3a18e4bba08748d77b720a61b
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001265e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265E 17956 bytes
SHA-256: e80a1d38ad3ce16b4bff9ba5645dbdf13112c8fb76ad192a93dc436d8f570350