Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0234fe66cbf40f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 11:43:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c7d73ca729dd3b7ee51199bd6a100c5a SHA-1: 714b9bb53d287f56cfb54103b40d470c970a6169 SHA-256: d0234fe66cbf40f6050d3308bc7643de62360c46fdf34b1943795eb8f1ad5542
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/57583639794.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/86922926940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36010c0082---76883379095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36847755577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b3bcd43ae---1297343910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/76288327262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/pogorujejifupejepema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/14970557770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9bfab666d---24725105342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2ad465a4f---92294859649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6afe38d34cccb72152ed093bb0ab9e13/tavujujudizuzerazedumifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/19826037200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/52088473400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abeb4963b4e6cc634e5af6b5f1f93912/lojatugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/158053492960dd699bc5cd0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55cfcd1a99e89b16ee715f55d04184dd/benesadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/70662001892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/tizosubifulexafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ece336db5f9f3d6ef972ba7a7ae6a2/xiwavowarapejekobagolelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/foxubonizupazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ece92b191---ruxopanagerup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c754b6c4b1c---vekodawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c955644fefd---12564034518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19e90b2675---nugalalizasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa430bc85ce87fa3fa7edd0e8c7002f1/negefuzefozuxedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.com/userfiles/files/40410608597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hobbs+and+shaw+full+movie+tamilPDF 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_off0000eb87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB87 10900 bytes
SHA-256: f8c620a83601b23217a335d539f69519028088edb91cde51ea73bf9e59f3fc02
font_01_sfnt_off0001048e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1048E 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 284a5f9f4a66e8bb61423719d9efbb4dc9257fdd53e7e83dab5465539aa3e780
font_02_sfnt_off0001316d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1316D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1