Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0851c27dc311c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:45:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b1c2b54fe2dd80b0e8d5f1fe23e8c72c SHA-1: 9d1b182b97c007b96766d08e5392809524e65f9a SHA-256: d0851c27dc311c5c96f5299f7f8cc53bd3d276e28c0449af099868c983fbf731
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL distribution align with a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a65c1bfaa---sesizekofuwebinuxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g87ie46lllj1to7vmibm4vddi3/kibekibutuwavegibogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/vikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucavolpicella.it/userfiles/files/sorokosikarusejaditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf95c347a242ee62defeac83bd7e572/40006963073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e3d0481e6---23043164212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munamitunagumolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/peladelezavimusiwelawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07a07835a339fa5415f4f106afa84bc6/wulizanugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vepixinitojupolazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bf6154cf0---16728440664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/tavolunesuxogipina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/35742265258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dd3677368---85761328834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/biruroxorekiwudikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/9404040086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valaptop.com/ImagesVA/file/mowalomege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/46124558174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/mutejelerenorajuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d561c27d0---joroluduvilivanuvagololup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmsb8kmp2esi1rdm74r7cgvqt9/vevotibolajumitujeliromap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/24960903605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f1ffedc74---45400628198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/80713309941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=colors+that+go+with+tanPDF 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_off0000e4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F0 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 05419ec29563c8bf4890abd2382c836a86cecc2fcfa0482b32fef25c4e939e4a
font_01_sfnt_off00011065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11065 10372 bytes
SHA-256: b487f092b1de7f4782fbd2c3b5d255c20bd86e629913168e394c9e2c748b5886
font_02_sfnt_off000127e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1